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Publication date: 9 January 2017

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson

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Safer Communities, vol. 16 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 14 November 2022

Hannah Smithson, Thomas Lang and Paul Gray

Since 2015, the authors of this chapter have been working together through a formal partnership between Manchester Metropolitan University and the 10 youth offending teams (YOTs…

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Since 2015, the authors of this chapter have been working together through a formal partnership between Manchester Metropolitan University and the 10 youth offending teams (YOTs) in the Greater Manchester region of north west England.1 This partnership, termed the Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership (GMYJUP), is the first of its kind in a youth justice context. GMYJUP has predominately focused on strengthening justice-involved children's participation in decision-making processes and embedding meaningful participation in youth justice service delivery and practice (Smithson et al., 2020; Smithson & Gray, 2021; Smithson & Jones, 2021). In this chapter, the authors outline the Child-First narrative that is becoming increasingly apparent in the youth justice system in England and Wales, before describing our own body of participatory work which has resulted in the co-creation (with justice-involved children) of a transformative framework of practice that we term Participatory Youth Practice (hereafter referred to as PYP). The chapter goes on to provide a candid account of the facilitators and barriers that youth justice practitioners have encountered when endeavouring to embed PYP into existing youth justice processes. The authors conclude with a consideration of the value of child-centred practice for children and practitioners.

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Establishing Child Centred Practice in a Changing World, Part A
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ISBN: 978-1-80117-407-7

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Publication date: 12 July 2013

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson

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Safer Communities, vol. 12 no. 3
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ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 1 April 2007

Hannah Smithson and Rachel Armitage

This paper presents the findings of an evaluation of a street crime warden scheme in a city in the north west of England. It specifically focuses on the aims of the warden scheme…

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This paper presents the findings of an evaluation of a street crime warden scheme in a city in the north west of England. It specifically focuses on the aims of the warden scheme and provides a detailed overview of the role of the wardens. The scheme is examined with regard to the threat from police community support officers (PCSOs), public perceptions and the overall financial sustainability of the scheme.

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Safer Communities, vol. 6 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 11 January 2016

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson

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Safer Communities, vol. 15 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 13 October 2014

Hannah Smithson and Tim Bateman

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Safer Communities, vol. 13 no. 4
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ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 29 March 2013

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson

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Safer Communities, vol. 12 no. 2
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ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 11 January 2016

Hannah Smithson and Rob Ralphs

At a time when youth gangs and gang policy feature significantly in the discourse on UK youth, it is judicious to critique the framework and evidence upon which these policy…

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At a time when youth gangs and gang policy feature significantly in the discourse on UK youth, it is judicious to critique the framework and evidence upon which these policy developments have originated. The political focus on gangs was heightened, in part, by the English riots in 2011. The reaction to the riots was a “concerted all-out war on gangs” and led to the development of the national Ending Gangs and Youth Violence (EGYV) strategy. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

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The authors use Manchester as a case study to illustrate what the they argue to be the misplaced focus of the current EGYV strategy and provide a detailed critique of the strategy to date.

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The paper suggests that government funded gang interventions are currently bereft of a “what works” approach and should only be implemented when the authors have significantly developed the knowledge and understanding of gangs in a local context.

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The paper calls for a stronger evidence based policy approach to tackling gangs.

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Safer Communities, vol. 15 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 12 October 2015

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson

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Safer Communities, vol. 14 no. 4
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ISSN: 1757-8043

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Publication date: 8 July 2014

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson

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Safer Communities, vol. 13 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-8043

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