Safer Communities: Volume 22 Issue 1

The SECURE STAIRS framework: preliminary evaluation of the impact on therapeutic climate in a secure children’s home (SCH)

Annette McKeown, Gemma Ramshaw, Anna Smith, Sarah Atkinson, Patrick John Kennedy

The SECURE STAIRS framework for integrated care is a trauma-informed approach to supporting staff and young people within the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate (CYPSE) in…

Some long-term positive trends in youth detention in New South Wales (Australia)

Garner Clancey, Jedidiah Evans, Leili Friedlander

The purpose of this study is to highlight some long-term positive trends in youth detention in New South Wales (NSW) (Australia).

Horizontal and vertical responsibilisation in the resettlement field

Matthew Cracknell

The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 extended post-release supervision to individuals serving short prison sentences while introducing an extended array of actors into the…

His, hers and theirs: comparative narratives from young people who use violence

Louise Rak, Timothy Warton

This paper aims to explore narratives of violence in the lives of young men and young women in Australia. Through partnering with young people to understand and make meaning of…

Design and development of a digital intervention for crime prevention: a road safety intervention targeting young driver non-compliance

Levi Anderson, Lyndel Bates, Lacey Schaefer

This purpose of this study is to outline an inclusive development strategy for crime prevention interventions. Crime prevention interventions are delivered to the target audience…