The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Literature Review
This literature review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the existing policy, practice and research literature about the impacts of COVID-19 on the youth justice system.
The review was produced by the Alliance for Youth Justice, as part of a series of papers that will be published over the life of The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic research project, delivered in partnership with the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University.
The report considers the impacts of the pandemic across each stage of the youth justice system, and brings together available evidence from three main areas: children in the community, children in court, and children in custody. While the impacts of the pandemic continue to emerge, the scope of this review is primarily focused on documenting the developments in the first year of the pandemic. The review aims to document this exceptional period for youth justice, exploring the policy and practice responses, and the available evidence about the impacts on children.
Findings from this review will be disseminated widely to the youth justice sector and utilised to inform the development of future stages of the project and recommendations for policy and practice.
Read the full Literature Review: The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Literature Review
Read the Executive Summary: The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Executive Summary
‘The Youth Justice System’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic’ is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the UK Research and Innovation’s rapid response to COVID-19. Findings and recommendations from the 18-month project will be shared widely with practitioners and decision-makers to shape future policy and practice.