Desistance and Children

Foreword - Fergus McNeill


1. Desistance and Children: Setting the Scene - Alexandra Wigzell, Claire Paterson-Young and Tim Bateman





PART 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives on Desistance and Children


2. 'Child First' and Desistance - Neal Hazel and Stephen Case


3. Child Time, Adult Time, Fugitivity and Desistance - Diana Johns


4. Should Desistance Thinking Be Applied to Children in the Criminal Justice System? - Ross Little and Kevin Haines





PART 2: The Socio-Strutural Dimensions of Desistance


5. Young Women and Punishment Within and Beyond the Penal System - Gilly Sharpe


6. Supporting Girls in Care To Desist From Offending Behaviour - Jo Staines, Julie Shaw, Katie Hunter and Claire Fitzpatrick


7. Black and Mixed Heritage Boys: Desistance Through a Co-Creative Critical Race and Post-Colonial Lens - John Wainwright


8. Growing in Maturity, Growing in Faith, Growing Out of Crime: The Role of Children's and Young People's Faith in Desistance - Tim Rosier





PART 3: The Application of Desistance Thinking to Children


9. Desistance Approaches in Youth Justice - Conceptualisations, Barriers and Enablers - Kathy Hampson


10. Summer Arts Colleges: Using the Arts To Promote Educational Engagement and Desistance - Martin Stephenson


11. Desistance Through Participatory Practice: Involving Children in Decision-Making Processes in Youth Justice - Sean Creaney, Samantha Burns, Anne-Marie Douglas, Andrew Brierley, and Colin Falconer


12. Relationship-Based Work With Children in the Youth Justice System - Roberta Evans and Kirstine Szifris


13. Through a Youth Justice Practitioner's Lens - Would a Sentencing Alternative to the Criminal Conviction Be a Small Change With a Big Impact on Children's Desistance? - Steven Carr


14. Innovative and Theoretically Informed Intervention Programmes for Children Who Offend: The Compass Project - Neema Trivedi-Bateman


15. What Next for Desistance and Youth Justice? - Alexandra Wigzell, Claire Paterson-Young and Tim Bateman