Position Paper 2023

Contents Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................3 The Authors? .....................................................................................................................4 Contents ............................................................................................................................7 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................8 2. Establishing context ..................................................................................................... 10 2.1 The challenges we face .......................................................................................... 10 2.2 The role of Education ............................................................................................. 10 3. Taking a transdisciplinary approach ............................................................................. 12 3.1 Transdisciplinary Research in context ..................................................................... 13 4. Case study analysis ...................................................................................................... 17 4.1 From an educational perspective ............................................................................ 17 4.2 From a psychological perspective ........................................................................... 19 4.3 From a clinical neuropsychology and sociological perspective ................................ 20 4.4 From a criminology perspective .............................................................................. 22 4.5 From a restorative perspective ............................................................................... 24 4.6 From a law perspective .......................................................................................... 25 4.7 Overall Charlie Case Study summary ...................................................................... 27 5. Developing the transdisciplinary research design ......................................................... 28 The Problem Statement ................................................................................................ 28 The Research Questions ............................................................................................... 28 The Research Design .................................................................................................... 28 The Synthesis ............................................................................................................... 31 The Next Stage ............................................................................................................ 31 References ....................................................................................................................... 32 Appendices ............................................................................................................. 39 Appendix 1 - Charlie’s Story ......................................................................................... 39