Dr Kathy Hampson
drkathyhampson.bsky.social
Dr Kathy Hampson
@drkathyhampson.bsky.social
Christian, Criminologist, ex-child, author, musician. Interests: youth justice, child rights, heavy rock, cello, basset hounds, wild swimming, tennis. Views own
Read my new chapter with Prof Steve Case 'Participation in youth justice research: involving children in the telling of their own stories' in the 'Research Handbook on Youth Criminology' available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
www.elgaronline.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Consider signing this petition to get legal education into schools (primary schools, before they turn 10, such is the outrageous age of criminal responsibility here), as they currently have very little petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
(Also, article hopefully surfacing soon on this!)
Petition: Make the teaching of criminal offences & their consequences compulsory in school
We want the government to include criminal law within the national curriculum for all schools within PSHE. We want students to be taught what is illegal, thinking/reasoning around crime and how to avo...
petition.parliament.uk
April 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are excited to share our practitioner pack (for all agencies involved youth justice) from our recently concluded Nuffield funded project on Child First collaboration yjresourcehub.uk/practitioner... @nuffieldfoundation.org @nayouthjustice.bsky.social @theayj.bsky.social. Please share!
Practitioner Pack from Child First collaboration research - Youth Justice Resource Hub
A practitioner pack for youth justice services to support embedding findings from a report on Child First and collaboration.
yjresourcehub.uk
March 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Dr Kathy Hampson
A special issue of Societies Journal: Youth Justice: Social Policy, Social Work and Practice www.mdpi.com/journal/soci... @drkathyhampson.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Youth justice stats - some don't look good...increases in offending after custody, increases of custody use (is this due to knife crime policies?), still too many children remanded (62% don't then get custody), still too much disproportionality tinyurl.com/3t5syrnv
Youth Justice Statistics: 2023 to 2024
tinyurl.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted by Dr Kathy Hampson
Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children
Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful #decarceration according to Kathy Hampson and Anne-Marie Day.
www.russellwebster.com/five-reasons...
Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children - Russell Webster
Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.
www.russellwebster.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Read our blog here on why Detention and Training Orders should be abolished www.russellwebster.com/five-reasons... kindly hosted by Russell Webster, with @anne-marieday.bsky.social #youthjustice #ChildFirst #criminology Let's have a conversation!
Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children - Russell Webster
Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.
www.russellwebster.com
January 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reposted by Dr Kathy Hampson
Hi everyone, to kick off my maiden post please read our newly published paper in the BJC which argues for the abolition of all short term custodial sentences for children, and presents an alternative, viable, cost effective model @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Harmful, Expensive and Criminogenic: The Case for Abolishing Detention and Training Orders in England and Wales
Abstract. Children who offend generally receive community sentences, to help them overcome difficulties whilst naturally addressing offending behaviour; ho
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January 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Read our new open access article in the British Journal of Criminology proposing a realistic route to decarceration for children in England & Wales academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
@theayj.bsky.social @nayouthjustice.bsky.social
@aberuni.bsky.social @prifaber.bsky.social
Read and share!
https://academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/bjc/azae097/7941862…
January 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM