Position Paper 2023

Transdisciplinary Research for Youth Justice – Position Paper 2023 5 Dr Kathy Hampson Kathy Hampson worked for several years as a case manager for a large city Youth Offending Team (YOT), completing her PhD whilst there, researching the emotional intelligence of children who offend (whilst also working for the University of Birmingham on their distance learning Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties MEd). After relocating to North Wales, she worked for the charity Llamau in a hybrid strategy/research project looking at YOT practice around the resettlement of children leaving custody. She now lectures in Criminology at Aberystwyth University, where she continues researching into youth justice (in particular youth justice systems). Hope Kent Hope Kent is an ESRC funded PhD student, studying on the Advanced Quantitative Methods pathway of SWDTP studentships. Hope’s research interests are around using statistical modelling in large administrative datasets to understand criminalisation of people with neurodisabilities. In her PhD, she is using linked Ministry of Justice and Department of Education data to understand pathways into the justice system through education and social care outcomes. She is interested in social models of disability, and in exploring how we can make systems accessible and appropriate for children with neurodisabilities. Hope is the research assistant for the TRYJustice Network. Dr Sean Creaney Sean Creaney is a Criminologist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Criminology and Policing at Edge Hill University. His areas of expertise include Child First Justice, typologies, theories and models of participation and co-production and experiential peer support and mentorship. Sean is a founding Advisory Board member of social justice charity Peer Power. In 2021, he was a research consultant on a Youth Justice Board commissioned project that audited the practice of participatory approaches and co-creation across Youth Justice Services. Sean is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Safer Communities journal and was awarded Outstanding Paper in both the 2015 and 2021 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Dr Jon Hobson Jon Hobson is Research Lead for Social Sciences at the University of Gloucestershire, which includes Criminology, Criminal Justice, Policing, and Sociology. He is a convenor for the University’s Society and Learning Research Priority area, supporting research and impact work across Social Sciences Education and Social Work. He researches and teaches across the Social Sciences, particularly in Criminology. He specialises in issues of Restorative Justice and international crimes such as Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.