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Abstract

This report presents the research findings and recommendations from the most recent in a continuing series of partnership projects involving London Borough of Islington (LBI) Council and criminologists at the University of Essex and City, University of London. The project extends the partnership with Islington to three other London boroughs – Camden, Hackney and Haringey – and seeks to capture the lived experience of disproportionality in the words of crime-affected children and children and young people from minoritised backgrounds (primarily Black and mixed heritage), their mentors, and their parents/carers.

The project was co-designed and co-produced with representatives from the four London Boroughs and Wipers, the VCS partner, a Black-led organisation with extensive experience working directly with socially excluded children and young people with complex needs and from diverse communities. In depth interviews/focus groups were conducted with 20 children and young people from minoritised backgrounds (mostly Black and mixed heritage), seven mentors, five practitioners and three parents/carers. Prioritising the voice of young mentees gave them a stake in the research with a view, alongside the intensive mentoring programme, to enhancing self-confidence, social and leadership skills by providing direct experience of involvement in a research project aimed at tackling disproportionality. In total, more than 200,000 words of first-person accounts was collated and analysed by the research team. The aim was to examine participants’ lived experiences of disproportionality. The analysis of this material generated research findings and discussion which are organised under six headings in this report: General reflections on disproportionality; Locality and local services; Education, skills and training; Police and Policing; the Courts and the Youth Justice System; Mentoring and it’s Impact on Outcomes.

The research findings form the basis of a series of co-produced recommendations aimed at addressing some of the key drivers of disproportionality and improving the lived experience of children and young people from minoritised backgrounds.

Publication Type:	Report
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Departments:	School of Policy & Global Affairs School of Policy & Global Affairs > Sociology & Criminology
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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