Overview

Indicative content: -Vulnerability, risk, adverse childhood experiences and trauma -Partnership working – youth justice system and partnerships – Children First -Young people, trauma and offending behaviour – county lines, child sexual exploitation, radicalisation, youth gangs -Young people as ‘Troubled’ or ‘troublesome’ -Police response to vulnerability throughout the criminal justice process -Needs of vulnerable people

Learning Outcomes

• Gain a systematic and critical understanding of youth justice system considerations and partnerships in Wales, including Children First, Offender Second

• Gain a systematic and critical view of current police practices when dealing with vulnerability

• Gain a systematic and critical view of police responsibilities when encountering those with vulnerabilities and their responses to police contact

• Gain a systematic and critical view of the evidence linking adverse childhood experiences and trauma and youth crime

• Gain a systematic and critical view of the exploitation of vulnerable people by organised crime groups or individuals

• Gain a systematic and critical view of the link between experiences of vulnerability and abuse and contact with the police as victim and/or offender