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Hearing from justice-involved, care experienced children: what are their experiences of residential care environments and regimes? (2023)
Journal Article
Day, A., Clark, A., & Hazel, N. (2023). Hearing from justice-involved, care experienced children: what are their experiences of residential care environments and regimes?. Journal of Children's Services, 47-60. https://doi.org/10.1108/jcs-02-2022-0011

Purpose
The disproportionate representation in juvenile justice systems of children who are, or have been, in the care of the state is a major cause of concern internationally. However, the experiences of this particular group are largely absent fro... Read More about Hearing from justice-involved, care experienced children: what are their experiences of residential care environments and regimes?.

Disabling and Criminalising systems? Understanding the experiences and challenges facing incarcerated, neurodivergent children in the education and youth justice systems in England (2022)
Journal Article
Day, A.-M. (2022). Disabling and Criminalising systems? Understanding the experiences and challenges facing incarcerated, neurodivergent children in the education and youth justice systems in England. Forensic Science International, 3, Article 100102

Children defined as ‘neurodivergent’ are over-represented in the English and Welsh criminal justice system, and face a number of challenges as they navigate their way through the education and youth justice systems. This paper will empirically examin... Read More about Disabling and Criminalising systems? Understanding the experiences and challenges facing incarcerated, neurodivergent children in the education and youth justice systems in England.

Disabling and Criminalising systems? Understanding the experiences and challenges facing incarcerated, neurodivergent children in the education and youth justice systems in England (2022)
Journal Article
Day, A.-M. (2022). Disabling and Criminalising systems? Understanding the experiences and challenges facing incarcerated, neurodivergent children in the education and youth justice systems in England. Forensic Science International, 3, Article 100102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiml.2022.100102

Children defined as ‘neurodivergent’ are over-represented in the English and Welsh criminal justice system, and face a number of challenges as they navigate their way through the education and youth justice systems. This paper will empirically examin... Read More about Disabling and Criminalising systems? Understanding the experiences and challenges facing incarcerated, neurodivergent children in the education and youth justice systems in England.

‘It’s a Hard Balance to Find’: The Perspectives of Youth Justice Practitioners in England on the Place of ‘Risk’ in an Emerging ‘Child-First’ World (2022)
Journal Article
Day, A.-M. (2022). ‘It’s a Hard Balance to Find’: The Perspectives of Youth Justice Practitioners in England on the Place of ‘Risk’ in an Emerging ‘Child-First’ World. Youth Justice, 147322542210752 - 147322542210752. https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254221075205

In recent years, there has been a shift in youth justice central policy narratives in England and Wales away from risk assessment and management and towards child first. However, this shift is meeting with a number of challenges on the ground. The re... Read More about ‘It’s a Hard Balance to Find’: The Perspectives of Youth Justice Practitioners in England on the Place of ‘Risk’ in an Emerging ‘Child-First’ World.

The Experiences of Children in Custody: A Story of Survival (2021)
Journal Article
Day, A.-M. (2021). The Experiences of Children in Custody: A Story of Survival. Safer Communities, https://doi.org/10.1108/SC-11-2020-0040

This paper explores children’s experiences during their time in custody in England and Wales. Fortyeight children were interviewed, as part of a wider study on children’s pathways into, through and out of custody. The focus of this paper is on childr... Read More about The Experiences of Children in Custody: A Story of Survival.

Children in prison during COVID-19: the new “double jeopardy” (2021)
Journal Article
Day, A. (2021). Children in prison during COVID-19: the new “double jeopardy”. Safer Communities,

Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to consider the impact on children in custody of the government response to COVID-19 in England and Wales. As the majority of children are held in young offender institutions, this forms the focus of the piece.... Read More about Children in prison during COVID-19: the new “double jeopardy”.

Hearing the voice of looked after children: challenging current assumptions and knowledge about pathways into offending (2017)
Journal Article
Day, A.-M. (2017). Hearing the voice of looked after children: challenging current assumptions and knowledge about pathways into offending. Safer Communities, 122 - 133

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the early findings of research which aims to hear the voice of looked after children about their pathways into offending and subsequent entry into the youth justice system, and the implications that thi... Read More about Hearing the voice of looked after children: challenging current assumptions and knowledge about pathways into offending.