NCJ Number
238205
Journal
Criminal Justice Studies Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Dated: December 2011 Pages: 337-350
Date Published
December 2011
Length
14 pages
Annotation
This study explored young offenders'involvement with the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and implications for their future.
Abstract
The paper is informed by the findings of mixed method study of the Duke of Edinburgh intervention at selected secure estate establishments in England and Wales, drawing on the findings of an Attitude to Offending instrument (CRIME-PICS11) and accounts of young people and secure estate staff. Young people's CRME-PICS responses are examined through qualitative data from focus groups with young people and interviews with staff delivering the intervention. The findings highlight the importance study participants placed on development of interpersonal relationships between young people, and between them and others within and without the secure estate. The authors suggest that, notwithstanding constraints on delivering interventions in the secure estate, reparation activities can be achieved with incarcerated young people, which may assist young offenders' short-term strategies in managing day to day incarceration and long-term strategies of re-integration, acceptance by the community, and improved life opportunities in the future. The authors argue that while reparation activities, which do not involve face to face contact with victims, are often presented as a poor relative of restorative justice 'proper', they are not only more realizable in custody, but offer potential to facilitate development of fundamental social interpersonal skills which underpin young people's rehabilitation. (Published Abstract)