Critical analysis of issues and policies relating to young people

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Youth & Policy offers a space for the critical analysis of issues and policies relating to young people.

An Unlikely Saviour: Could the Leveson Review save Youth Justice?

Article 19th March 2026
Tyler Barnes explores why the Leveson Review offers the opportunity to promote diversion and restorative justice within Youth Justice....

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The Impact of Young People’s Participation on Local Government Decision-Making in England

Article 3rd March 2026
In this article Josh Harsant explores the conditions for impact of youth engagement....

The lasting impact of the pandemic on children and Child-first practice within a youth justice service

Article 6th February 2026
Jayne Price and Dean Wilkinson explore the impacts of the pandemic on a youth justice service five years on. ...

Equitable Evaluation: Co-developing evaluation with young people in a community makerspace

Article 9th January 2026
Jennifer DeWitt and colleagues explore how evaluation with young people can be more equitable through a community makerspace project. Working with Knowle West Media Centre, a team of Researchers and Practitioners extended the participatory aspects of their evaluation practice to support the agency of young people....

Nothing About Us Without Us – Embedding Youth Voice in Systems Change

Article 22nd December 2025
In this article Quinn Stanger draws on learning from NE Youth’s regional delivery within the national Peer Action Collective (PAC) to argue for system inclusion of youth voice. ...

Youth Matters again: Initial reflections on the new national youth strategy for England

Article 12th December 2025
Alice Weavers reflects on the government's new youth strategy for England...