Position Paper 2023

Transdisciplinary Research for Youth Justice – Position Paper 2023 4 The Authors Dr Adeela ahmed Shafi, MBE Adeela ahmed Shafi is Associate Professor in Education at the University of Gloucestershire. Her research is focused on the education of young people in secure custodial settings. She is leading 3 large Erasmus+ projects, Re- engaging Young Offenders with Education & Learning (RENYO), Active Games for Change (AG4C) and Skills4Life, working with partners in ten European countries to develop policy and practice. Adeela has an established publication profile and led a special issue in an international journal with research contributions on education in secure custodial settings from across the world. Adeela received an MBE in 2020 for contributions to research and social justice. Professor Huw Williams Huw Williams is a Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology and Co-Director of the Centre for Clinical Neuropsychology Research (CCNR) at Exeter University. Current projects include: Neuro-Trauma in adolescents and young adults in society and in prisons (in South Africa and London); Traumatic Brain Injury and Neuro Disability Screening & Support in Prisons (with Do-It Profiler). He has published in a range of areas of Clinical Neuropsychology – particularly on neuro-rehabilitation and recently regarding crime. He was awarded a Fellowship of the BPS and the Barbra Wilson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2019. Professor Stephen Case Stephen Case is Professor of Youth Justice at Loughborough University. His research and scholarship have focused on the promotion of positive, ‘children first’, rights-based and anti-risk management approaches to working with children in conflict with the law. In addition to over 60 academic journal articles, he has published numerous books including ‘Child First: Developing a new Youth Justice System’ (Case and Hazel – Palgrave), and ‘Youth Justice: A Critical Introduction’ (Case 2021 – Routledge). Professor Case has conducted funded research for the Youth Justice Board, UKRI, the Home Office, the Welsh Government, the ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust and the Nuffield Foundation. Professor Neal Hazel Neal Hazel is Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Salford. He has delivered more than 40 funded research projects, mainly in youth justice and family support. He led the national evaluation of youth custody during COVID-19. Neal specialises in providing useful policy and practice messages. In 2018, Neal was appointed to the Youth Justice Board, which is responsible for overseeing the youth justice system across England and Wales. He led the Board’s development of ‘Child First’ as the sector’s guiding principle and the ‘Constructive Resettlement’ model. He is also former HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Probation for England and Wales.