Journal Articles

Charles, A, Hampson, K, Case, S, Brown, A (2024) Challenging notions of children’s “participation” in the youth justice system: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 12, The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 32(1), pp.9-44, ISSN: 0927-5568. DOI: 10.1163/15718182-32010002.

Case, S, Browning, A, Hampson, K (2023) The Child First strategy implementation project – translating strategy into practice, Youth Justice, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/14732254231191978.

Case, S and Smith, R (2023) Child First and the end of ‘bifurcation’ in youth justice?, Journal of Children's Services, 18(3-4), pp.180-194, ISSN: 1746-6660. DOI: 10.1108/JCS-02-2023-0005.

Case, S, Sutton, C, Greenhalgh, J, Monaghan, M, Wright, J (2022) Searching for context: a review of “what works” reviews of interventions to prevent youth offending using the EMMIE Framework, Safer Communities, 21(4), pp.272-289, ISSN: 1757-8043. DOI: 10.1108/SC-04-2022-0014.

Hampson, K, Case, S, Little, R (2022) The pains and gains of COVID-19 – Challenges to Child First justice in the pandemic, Youth Justice, 23(1), pp.76-96, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/14732254221075209.

Sutton, C, Monaghan, M, Case, S, Greenhalgh, J, Wright, J (2022) Contextualising youth justice interventions: Making the case for realist synthesis, Sustainability, 14(2), 854, DOI: 10.3390/su14020854.

ahmed Shafi, A, Little, R, Case, S (2021) Children's education in secure custodial settings: Towards a global understanding of effective policy and practice, International Journal of Educational Development, 82, ISSN: 0738-0593. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102379.

Case, S, Lorenzo-Dus, N, Morton, R (2021) YOT Talk: Examining the communicative influences on children’s engagement with youth justice assessment processes, European Journal of Criminology, pp.147737082199685-147737082199685, ISSN: 1477-3708. DOI: 10.1177/1477370821996850.

Case, S (2021) Challenging the reductionism of “evidence-based” youth justice, Sustainability (Switzerland), 13(4), pp.1-18, DOI: 10.3390/su13041735.

Case, S, Creaney, S, Coleman, N, Haines, K, Little, R, Worrall, V (2020) Trusting children to enhance youth justice policy: The importance and value of children’s voices, Youth Voice Journal, 2020(Special issue), pp.25-40, ISSN: 2049-2073.

Case, S and Smith, R (2020) The life course of delinquency: reflections on the meaning of trajectories, transitions and turning points in youth justice, International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, pp.1-14, ISSN: 0192-4036. DOI: 10.1080/01924036.2020.1821728.

Case, S and Hazel, N (2020) Child first, offender second – A progressive model for education in custody, International Journal of Educational Development, 77, 102244, ISSN: 0738-0593. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102244.

Haines, K, Case, S, Smith, R, Laidler, KJ, Hughes, N, Webster, C, Goddard, T, Deakin, J, Johns, D, Richards, K, Gray, P (2020) Children and crime: In the moment, Youth Justice: an international journal, 21(3), pp.275-298, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225420923762.

CASE, S, DREW, J, HAMPSON, K, JONES, G, KENNEDY, D (2020) Professional Perspectives of Youth Justice Policy Implementation: Contextual and Coalface Challenges, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, hojo.12366, ISSN: 2059-1098. DOI: 10.1111/hojo.12366.

Case, S and Bateman, T (2020) The punitive transition in youth justice: Reconstructing the child as offender, Children & Society, 34(6), pp.475-491, ISSN: 0951-0605. DOI: 10.1111/chso.12379.

Case, S and Haines, K (2020) Abolishing youth justice systems: children first, offenders nowhere, Youth Justice, 21(1), pp.3-17, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225419898754.

Case, S and Hampson, K (2019) Youth Justice Pathways to Change: Drivers, Challenges and Opportunities, YOUTH JUSTICE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, UNSP 1473225418822166, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225418822166.

Case, S and Haines, K (2018) The future of youth justice, Youth Justice, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225418791416.

Case, S and Haines, K (2018) Transatlantic ‘Positive Youth Justice’: a distinctive new model for responding to offending by children?, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, ISSN: 1460-3780. DOI: 10.1057/s41300-018-0046-7.

Byrne, B and Case, S (2016) Towards a positive youth justice, Safer Communities, 15(2), pp.69-81, ISSN: 1757-8043. DOI: 10.1108/SC-11-2015-0036.

Case, S, Creaney, S, Deakin, J, Haines, K (2015) Youth justice: Past, present and future, British Journal of Community Justice, 13(2), pp.99-110, ISSN: 1475-0279.

Case, S and Haines, K (2014) Children First, Offenders Second Positive Promotion: Reframing the Prevention Debate, Youth Justice, 15(3), pp.226-239, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225414563154.

Case, S and Haines, K (2014) Children First, Offenders Second: The Centrality of Engagement in Positive Youth Justice, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 54(2), pp.157-175, ISSN: 0265-5527. DOI: 10.1111/hojo.12099.

Case, S (2014) Strategic complexities and opportunities in Welsh youth justice: exploring YJB Cymru, Safer Communities, 13(3), pp.109-119, ISSN: 1757-8043. DOI: 10.1108/SC-05-2014-0007.

Haines, K, Case, S, Davies, K, Charles, A (2013) The Swansea Bureau: A model of diversion from the Youth Justice System, International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 41(2), pp.167-187, ISSN: 1756-0616. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2013.04.002.

Haines, K and Case, S (2012) Is the Scaled Approach a Failed Approach?, Youth Justice, 12(3), pp.212-228, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225412461212.

Case, S, Ellis, T, Haines, K, Hayden, C, Shalev, K, Shawyer, A (2011) A tale of two cities: Young people, anti-social behaviour and localised public opinion, Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 13(3), pp.153-170, ISSN: 1460-3780. DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2011.2.

Hester, R and Case, S (2010) Professional education in youth justice: Mirror or motor? British Journal of Community Justice, 8(2), pp.45-56, ISSN: 1475-0279.

Case, S and Haines, K (2010) Risky business? The risk in risk factor research, Criminal Justice Matters, 80(1), pp.20-22, ISSN: 0962-7251. DOI: 10.1080/09627251.2010.482234.

Haines, K and Case, S (2008) The rhetoric and reality of the 'risk factor prevention paradigm' approach to preventing and reducing youth offending, Youth Justice, 8(1), pp.5-20, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225407087039.

Case, S and Haines, KR (2008) Factors shaping substance use by young people in Wales, Journal of Substance Use, 13(1), pp.1-15, ISSN: 1465-9891. DOI: 10.1080/14659890701635384.

Case, S (2007) Reconfiguring and realigning the assessment feedback processes for an undergraduate criminology degree, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 32(3), pp.285-299, ISSN: 0260-2938. DOI: 10.1080/02602930600896548.

Case, S (2007) Questioning the 'evidence' of risk that underpins evidence-led youth justice interventions, Youth Justice, 7(2), pp.91-105, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225407078771.

Case, S (2007) Indicators of adolescent alcohol use: A composite risk factor approach, Substance Use and Misuse, 42(1), pp.89-111, ISSN: 1082-6084. DOI: 10.1080/10826080601094280.

Case, S (2006) Young People ‘At Risk’ of What? Challenging Risk-focused Early Intervention as Crime Prevention, Youth Justice, 6(3), pp.171-179, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/1473225406069491.

Haines, K and Case, S (2005) Promoting prevention: Targeting family-based risk and protective factors for drug use and youth offending in Swansea, British Journal of Social Work, 35(2), pp.169-187, ISSN: 0045-3102. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch177.

Case, S and Haines, K (2004) Promoting prevention: Evaluating a multi-agency initiative of youth consultation and crime prevention in Swansea, Children and Society, 18(5), pp.355-370, ISSN: 0951-0605. DOI: 10.1002/CHI.814.

Case, S and Haines, K (2003) Promoting Prevention: Preventing youth drug use in Swansea, UK, by targeting risk and protective factors, Journal of Substance Use, 8(4), pp.243-251, ISSN: 1465-9891. DOI: 10.1080/14659890310001636071.

Haines, K and Case, S (2003) Promoting Positive Behaviour in Schools: The Youth Social Audit, Youth Justice, 3(2), pp.86-103, ISSN: 1473-2254. DOI: 10.1177/147322540300300203.

Case, S (2001) Learning to Partner, Disabling Conflict: Early indications of an improving relationship between parents and professionals with regard to service provision for children with learning disabilities, Disability and Society, 16(6), pp.837-854, ISSN: 0968-7599. DOI: 10.1080/09687590120083985.

Case, S (2000) Refocusing on the Parent: What are the social issues of concern for parents of disabled children?, Disability and Society, 15(2), pp.271-292, ISSN: 0968-7599. DOI: 10.1080/09687590025676.

Books

Case, S and Hazel, N (ed) (2023) Child First: Developing a new youth justice system, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 9783031192715. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19272-2.

Kay, C and Case, S (2023) CRIME, JUSTICE AND COVID-19,ISBN: 9781447363156.

Case, S (2021) Youth Justice: A Critical Introduction,ISBN: 9780367417789. DOI: 10.4324/9780367816209.

Case, S (2018) Youth justice: A critical introduction,ISBN: 9781138233249. DOI: 10.4324/9781315309934.

Case, S, Johnson, P, Manlow, D, Smith, R, Williams, K (2017) Criminology, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 9780198736752.

Aldridge, J, Brinkley, S, Case, S, Christopher, K (2016) Criminology and Criminal Justice for the Curious: Why Study Criminology and Criminal Justice?, Curious Academic Publishing.

Haines, K and Case, S (2015) Positive Youth Justice Children First, Offenders Second, Policy Press, ISBN: 9781447321712.

Case, S and Haines, K (2013) Understanding youth offending: Risk factor research, policy and practice. DOI: 10.4324/9781843927341.

Chapters

Case, S and Haines, K (2023) Hunting for the universal risk factor. In Juvenile Offending, pp.3-70.

Case, S (2023) Challenging the risk paradigm: Children First, Positive Youth Justice. In Case, S and Hazel, N (ed) Child First: Developing a new youth justice system, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.51-82, ISBN: 9783031192715. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19272-2_3.

Kay, C and Case, S (2023) Introduction: Understanding and Responding to Pandemics in Criminal Justice. In Crime, Justice and COVID-19, pp.1-8, ISBN: 9781447363156.

Hampson, K and Case, S (2023) Youth Justice and COVID-19: Courts, Community and Custody. In Crime, Justice and COVID-19, pp.107-134, ISBN: 9781447363156.

Kay, C and Case, S (2023) Conclusion: The Lessons – Recovery and Pandemic Preparedness. In Crime, Justice and COVID-19, pp.254-263, ISBN: 9781447363156.

Case, S and Hazel, N (2023) Introduction. In Child First: Developing a New Youth Justice System, pp.1-22, ISBN: 9783031192722. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19272-2_1.

Hazel, N and Case, S (2023) Postscript—Progress and Challenges for Progressing Progressive Child First Youth Justice. In Child First: Developing a New Youth Justice System, pp.367-385, ISBN: 9783031192722. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19272-2_13.

Creaney, S and Case, S (2022) Promoting social inclusion: Participatory rights alternatives to risk discourses in youth justice. In Handbook of Social Inclusion: Research and Practices in Health and Social Sciences, pp.1969-1988, ISBN: 9783030895938. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89594-5_114.

Case, S and Haines, K (2019) Assessing risks and needs in youth justice: Key challenges. In The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice, pp.245-255, ISBN: 9781138102057.

Case, S and Haines, K (2016) Taking the risk out of youth culture. In Beyond the risk paradigm in criminal justice, © Palgrave Macmillan,ISBN: 9781137441324.

Case, S and Haines, K (2015) Risk management and early intervention: A critical analysis. In Goldson, B and Muncie, J (ed) Youth crime and justice, Sage, pp.100-118, ISBN: 9781446210826.

Case, S and Haines, K (2014) Reflective friend research: The relational aspects of social scientific research. In Reflexivity in Criminological Research: Experiences with the Powerful and the Powerless, pp.58-74, DOI: 10.1057/9781137379405.

Case, S (2014) Preventing and reducing risk. In Youth Justice Handbook: Theory, Policy and Practice, pp.90-100, DOI: 10.4324/9781315820064-11.

Case, S and Haines, K (2014) Youth justice: From linear risk paradigm to complexity. In Applying Complexity Theory: Whole Systems Approaches to Criminal Justice and Social Work, pp.113-139.

Reports

Case, S, Sutton, C, Monaghan, M, Greenhalgh, J, Wright, J (2022) Understanding preventative intervention in youth justice: Executive summary, The Nuffield Foundation.

Case, S, Sutton, C, Monaghan, M, Greenhalgh, J, Wright, J (2022) Understanding preventative intervention in youth justice: Identifying and analysing programme theories, The Nuffield Foundation.

Case, S, Sutton, C, Monaghan, M, Greenhalgh, J, Wright, J (2022) Understanding preventative intervention in youth justice: report content and appendices, The Nuffield Foundation.

Case, S, Sutton, C, Monaghan, M, Greenhalgh, J, Wright, J (2022) Understanding preventative intervention in youth justice: Production of actionable guidance and knowledge exchange, The Nuffield Foundation.

Case, S, Sutton, C, Monaghan, M, Greenhalgh, J, Wright, J (2022) Understanding preventative intervention in youth justice: Testing and refining programme theories, The Nuffield Foundation.

Case, S and Browning, A (2021) The child first strategy implementation project: Realising the guiding principle for youth justice, Loughborough University.

Case, S and Browning, A (2021) Child First Justice: the research evidence-base [Full report].

Case, S and Browning, A (2021) Child First Justice: the research evidence-base [Summary report].

Mason, C, Walpole, C, Case, S (2020) Using sport to enhance positive outcomes for young people in the context of serious youth violence: a theory of change.

Datasets

Case, S, Lorenzo-Dus, N, Morton, R (2021) Supplemental Information files for: YOT Talk: Examining the communicative influences on children’s engagement with youth justice assessment processes, DOI: 10.17028/rd.lboro.14453553.

Other

Case, S and Browning, A (2021) Child First Justice: The research evidence-base - summary report, Prioritising the child’s best interests, it is a constructive and future-focused approach, promoting the development of a pro-social identity for sustainable desistance, working collaboratively with children and their carers to encourage participation, engagement and social inclusion. Child First Justice focuses on prevention, diversion and minimal intervention to reduce the stigmatising effects of system contact. Our summary report sets out the research evidence-base for the ‘Child First’ principle - the foundation of a progressive approach to how children should be understood, treated, and supported when they come to the attention of the Youth Justice System (YJS). The Child First principle has been guided by a longstanding body of research and scholarship by Professor Stephen Case, an expert in criminology at Loughborough, with key colleagues nationally and a close working relationship with the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, Youth Offending Teams and children in the YJS..