Publication details Whitehead, Stephen, McDonald Heffernan, Carla and Leyland, Anna (2025). Safeguarding Futures: Reducing the risk of criminal justice involvement for children in contact with the social care system. (London and Sheffield: The Centre for Justice Innovation and the Centre for Care)
In recent research carried out at the University of Sheffield, we explored whether children who had a social worker or were in care experienced worse outcomes in the criminal justice system than other children.
This report was written in partnership with the Centre for Justice Innovation.