The impact of anti-social behaviour interventions on young people
This research examines how ASB-related interventions for young people and their families direct young people away from and/or draw them into the youth justice system. Three key interventions - ASB warnings, Acceptable Behaviour Contracts and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders – will be studied in the context of wider prevention and support work and also family change and youth transitions.
The research will generate empirically-grounded understandings of decision-making processes and any differential impacts by mapping routes into, through, and away from youth justice; examining practitioners’ views about using ASB interventions with different groups of young people; investigating the experiences of interventions as described by young people and their families; and exploring all explanations for any differences in use, experience or impact of interventions by place, ethnicity, gender and age.
The study will collect quantitative and qualitative data from 6 purposively-selected areas with high concentrations of minority ethnic residents and well-developed ASB monitoring systems.
University of Leeds Project Page
Researcher:
Professor Adam Crawford, Leeds University
Grant amount and start date:
£207,699
1 April 2008
Crawford A., Lewis S., Traynor P. (2012) Anti-Social Behaviour Interventions with Young People. Research Findings, Leeds: CCJS Press
See also
- Timely disclosures mean timely interventions for young offenders and victims
- Implementation of recommendations of the Carlile report
- Pathways of incarcerated children in care
- Socioeconomic status and child antisocial behaviour
- Trialling an executive function training intervention for preschoolers
- A review of interventions to improve primary school maths achievement
- The health effects of early interventions: evidence from Sure Start