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Kenny, Julia and Conway, Pat, eds. (2015) Understanding and improving employment pathways in youth justice in Northern Ireland. Belfast: NIACRO and The Bytes Project.

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In 2014, NIACRO and The Bytes Project commissioned five research papers to improve the overall understanding of the short and long-term issues affecting the thousands of young people in contact with the youth justice system or who are at risk of offending.

 

PAPER 1: ........................................................................................................ 7

Young People, Criminal Records and Employment Barriers

Dr Nicola Carr and Dr Clare Dwyer (Queen’s University Belfast) and Prof. Elena Larrauri (Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona)

 

PAPER 2: ........................................................................................................ 63

Developing good practice and innovative employment models with an ICT focus for young people who are involved with the Youth Justice System in any way

Walker & Fitzpatrick in Partnership with Springvale Learning

 

PAPER 3: ........................................................................................................ 106

Delivering ICT programmes relevant to the job market in a secure institution with community connectivity post release; shifting the focus of the education system to responding to individual need.

Walker & Fitzpatrick in Partnership with Springvale Learning

 

PAPER 4: ........................................................................................................ 142

Sustaining and developing the motivation of young people involved, or at risk of becoming involved, in the youth justice system within the context of accessing the labour market: developing a voice for young people within decision making processes.

Walker & Fitzpatrick

 

PAPER 5: ........................................................................................................ 188

Developing a desistance model for young people, with an emphasis on education, training and employment pathways in the context of Northern Ireland

Edgar Jardine

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