Policy Briefing: Disrupting the Routes Between Care and Custody for Girls and Women

Fitzpatrick, Claire, Hunter, Katie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-5666, Shaw, Julie and Staines, Jo (2022) Policy Briefing: Disrupting the Routes Between Care and Custody for Girls and Women. Project Report. Centre for Child and Family Justice Research, Lancaster University.

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Abstract

There is a stubborn over-representation of girls and women who have been in care as children in the youth and adult criminal justice systems in England and Wales. This policy briefing summarises the evidence on routes between care and custody for girls and women, and considers how policy can be strengthened to respond to ongoing challenges.