Secondary data analysis

This project explores how mental health difficulties and life circumstances affect the likelihood of children and young people becoming involved in crime or violence.

What patterns of offending are seen over time (between the ages of 10 and 24 years) in girls and women in England convicted or cautioned for violent offences.

This is a secondary analysis of two randomised evaluations of a parenting intervention delivered at ages 3-7, followed up in adolescence. It asks wether this early-years’ intervention was effective in reducing children’s later involvement in crime and violence.

This project examines whether the policy to restrict financial support for families to their first two children has had an impact on child outcomes related to offending.

What are the effects of cumulative neighbourhood exposure to, and personal experiences of, police stops during adolescence on young people’s mental health and involvement in crime?

This project will identify factors associated with children and young people’s involvement in violence, and explore how new methods could better identify at-risk cohorts for more targeted support.

The project examines how relational and non-relational factors influence youth involvement in violence and youth violent victimisation to improve prevention strategies and reduce violence.

Where and when are children and young people most likely to be involved in crime, and which local contextual factors best predict these concentrations of crime?

Does access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) impact violent behaviour, criminal justice involvement, and violent incidents in children and young people?

What causal impact do youth clubs have on children and young people’s involvement in crime and violence across England and Wales?

What are the impacts of police station and court closures, and the introduction to and changes in sentencing guidelines, on the use of diversion and reoffending among children and young people in the UK?

Using data from the Department of Education, Ministry of Justice, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) this project investigates the relationship between special educational needs (SENs) and children and young people’s involvement in violence.

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between bullying victimisation and perpetration and subsequent offending and violent behaviour.

The aim of this research is to explore where children go after being permanently excluded and the potential link this has to future offending. 

The aim of this research is to examine which children and young people are diverted from the criminal justice system in London and the relationship between their use and reoffending.

This project examines whether adverse child experiences, positive child experiences, and the levels of violent crime in the areas children grow up in, are associated with their later involvement in violence. 

The aim of this research is to examine the relationship between school exclusion, suspensions and absence, and subsequent offending and violent behaviour.