Care-experienced Girls and Women and Criminal Justice

Hannah Cassidy

This report explores the over-representation of care-experienced girls and women in the youth and criminal justice system.

The majority of children in care do not come into conflict with the law (Prison Reform Trust (PRT), 2016), but a minority continue to do so, and risk being abandoned when they do (Coyne, 2015). The Laming Review highlighted the lack of research on the experiences of girls in care within the criminal justice system and recommended a particular focus on their needs (PRT, 2016; Staines, 2016).

Furthermore, the Lammy Review (2017) subsequently showed how ethnic identity adds an additional layer of disadvantage for some, highlighting the need to also focus on Black and minoritised women.

Please see link to access the report: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/care-custody/

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