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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33554| Title: | Young adults’ experiences of a specialist probation Hub: Procedural justice, trust and hope |
| Authors: | Ward, J Phillips, J Duke, K Albertson, K Cracknell, M Fowler, A Riley, L |
| Keywords: | young adults;criminal justice;probation practice;procedural justice;penal supervision;substantive compliance |
| Issue Date: | 24-Jun-2026 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press (OUP) on behalf of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (ISTD) |
| Citation: | Ward, J. et al. (2026) 'Young adults’ experiences of a specialist probation Hub: Procedural justice, trust and hope', The British Journal of Criminology, 0 (ahead of print), azag053, pp. 1-19. doi: 10.1093/bjc/azag053. |
| Abstract: | There are growing calls for young adults (18- to 25-year-olds) in the criminal justice system to be treated as a distinct group and for service responses more attuned to this developmental life-course phase. This article draws on an evaluation of a specialist young adult probation ‘Hub’ analyzing results within a linked conceptual framework of procedural justice, building trust and instilling hope. A dominant finding was how the bespoke Hub and the probation practice that flowed from it led young adults to experience it as a service they wanted to engage with, that had tangible benefits and which led to a more substantive form of compliance. The article contributes valuable insights and knowledge on procedural justice in young adult probation. |
| Description: | Rights Retention Statement RRS: “For the purpose of open access, the author(s) has applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.” |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/33554 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azag053 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0955 |
| Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Jenni Ward https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3018-2859 ORCiD: Jake Phillips https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7606-6423 ORCiD: Katherine Albertson https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7708-1775 ORCiD: Matthew Cracknell https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9909-1173 |
| Appears in Collections: | Department of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers * |
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