Policing & Diversion

This research, based on the perspectives of young adults who have committed repeated low-level offences, explores guiding principles for trauma and poverty responsive policing.

The Police, Crime and Sentencing (PCSC) Bill is one of the major pieces of recent legislation that has an opportunity to impact on the lives of those in the revolving door of crisis and crime. We aimed to influence two amendments to the PCSC Bill.

This commitment from the police has been developed by New Generation Policing. It acknowledges that young adults need a distinct approach when they experience crisis, become victims of crime, or break the law.

Our new research shows that young adults and the wider public want to see police reform. Young adults want their health and human needs to be prioritised so that they do not unnecessarily get dragged into the criminal justice system.

This publication analyses results from two national surveys that aim to understand young adults’ views of policing. Assessing responses by gender, ethnicity, and life circumstances, we explore how young adults’ trust and confidence in policing can be improved.

Our New Generation Campaigners are leading a campaign to reduce the arrest of vulnerable young adults. They are calling for the police to divert young people aged 18-25 into support instead.

Read about our first Knowledge Exchange Network Event held in December 2020.

Today the Police Foundation and Revolving Doors Agency launch a Knowledge Exchange Network that brings together police Inspectors and Chief Inspectors from across England and Wales to co-create new and better ways of policing young adults aged 18-25.

This briefing marks the launch of LEAD (Let Everyone Advance with Dignity) in the UK. LEAD is an ambitious, whole system approach to harm reduction and law enforcement.

This review looks at the emerging strategies and activities that Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are leading or supporting. It assesses how these are addressing or planning to address the impact of trauma and poverty in the local criminal justice system.

This briefing focuses on young adults who are, or are at risk of being, in the ‘revolving door’ of crisis and crime. As previous briefings have highlighted, these young adults come into the criminal justice system for relatively minor, non-violent offences.

New Generation Policing is a three-year programme supporting police and crime commissioners and police services. It aims to help them develop and implement new interventions to stop young adults from being caught in the ‘revolving door’ of crime and crisis.