Publication

cjm 80: Transitions to adulthood

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

The themed section, guest edited by Richard Garside, offers a series of articles on transitions to adulthood, drawing on the work of the T2A Alliance, established and supported by the Barrow Cadbury Trust.

Contributors include Bethan Thomas, James McGuire, Rob Allen and Christina Pantazis.

The issue also includes a debating section on policing research and topical articles on unpaid work and community orders, judicial misconduct and drug regulation.

In this edition

Justice and politics

Rebecca Roberts wonders what impact the new political terrain will have on justice policy and introduces this issue of cjm.

By Rebecca Roberts

Debating policing research: a research council for crime and justice?

Jonathan Shepherd and Ken Pease call for medical research standards to be replicated in policing studies. Robert Reiner, Peter Squires, and Louise Westmarland respond.

By Jonathan Shepherd, Ken Pease, Robert Reiner, Peter Squires, and Louise Westmarland

Regulating markets in vice

Toby Seddon calls for drug regulation instead of decriminalisation

By Toby Seddon

Moving forwards or paying back? The unpaid work element of the community order

Phil Johnson traces the use of unpaid work in community punishment

By Phil Johnson

Confronting judicial misconduct

Lynne Wrennall investigates misconduct and corruption

By Lynne Wrennall

A pathway to danger? Evaluating the Freedom Programme

Lucy Watkins and Peter Dunn describe how attempts to protect women in prison from domestic violence can place them in danger

By Lucy Watkins and Peter Dunn

Transitions to adulthood

Richard Garside sets the scene for the themed section of this issue

By Richard Garside

Young adults in early twenty-first century Britain

Bethan Thomas shows how young adults’ lives are shaped by where they live and predicts a worsening of conditions

By Bethan Thomas

Risky business? The risk in risk factor research

Risk factor research and interventions are based on poor science and a flawed evidence base, argue Stephen Case and Kevin Haines

By Stephen Case and Kevin Haines

Coercion and control: a dangerous and costly cul-de-sac

James McGuire says the evidence in favour of harsh sentences simply doesn’t add up

By James McGuire

Young people’s experiences of harm: international comparisons

Christina Pantazis maps harm in five European countries

By Christina Pantazis

A neglected and underresourced age group

Rob Allen, chair of the Transition to Adulthood Alliance outlines proposals to meet the needs of vulnerable young adults

By Rob Allen

Travelling in the right direction. A manifesto for transitions to adulthood

Shan Nicholas of the Barrow Cadbury Trust explains why action on young adults is needed and members of the T2A Alliance outline their priorities

By Shan Nicholas, with comments from Anna Prasad, Jon Collins, Anton Shelupanov and Kerry Devitt

The Foyer Federation: aiming to transform the institutions and policies that currently help young people

Steve Hillman discusses the wrap around support offered by the ‘Foyer’ movement

By Steve Hillman

Young people and social exclusion: a multidimensional problem

Antonia Keung explains social exclusion

By Antonia Keung

‘The outsider’: communication, diversity, and communities

Roger Grimshaw explores media reporting of and attitudes to people seeking asylum.

By Roger Grimshaw

Women—they drive you spare don’t they?

Will McMahon reviews Police and Thieves, Volume One of a new British Film Institute collection of government-sponsored Central Office of Information films

By Will McMahon