Current projects
Use this page to view a list of all current research projects that have been approved by Youth Justice NSW.
Current research projects approved by Youth Justice NSW
| Project title | Aim | Lead investigator | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Critical Systems perspective of Young People’s experiences of pathways between care and custody | To explore how young people’s experiences of different OOHC orders and environments impact their offending trajectories, as well as understanding the experiences of specific subgroups of young people who traverse care and custody pathways within NSW. | Jordan White (PhD student) | University of New South Wales |
| Health and outcomes for young people who had participated in the YPICHS and YPOCOHS | To examine longer-term health and justice outcomes for young people who participated in the Young People in Custody Health Survey and Community Health Survey. | Professor Tony Butler | University of New South Wales |
| Name, narrate, navigate – a domestic violence intervention | To evaluate a six-week domestic violence group intervention for young offenders in the Hunter New England Region. | Dr Tamara Blakemore | University of Newcastle |
| Reducing young women's offending through improved service delivery – Young Women's Voices project | To determine how Indigenous and non-Indigenous young women in contact with the Youth Justice ecosystem experience systems that were historically developed for men and to determine how these ecosystems could better support Indigenous and non-Indigenous young women. | A/Professor Kelly Richards | Queensland University of Technology |
| Risk-talk in Youth Justice NSW | To elucidate incarcerated children's experiences of criminal justice systems, investigate their understanding of risk, what they perceive is risky, how their social and cultural markers contribute to this, and identifying pathways for improving their chances of abstaining from reoffending. | Dr Lobna Yassine | University of Sydney |
| A study on the ways in which the Induction Training and Assessment Program (ITAP) for Youth Officers is informed by Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) principles to best support the rehabilitative needs of young people | To analyse how the principles of the Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) model are translated into training delivered to Youth Officers in the Induction Training and Assessment Program (ITAP). It will focus on the ways in which training is informed by the principles of the RNR model and how these principles are integrated with other rehabilitative approaches. | Brenda Lin (PhD student) | University of Sydney |
| Young People in Custody Health Survey 2022 | To determine the physical and mental health status of young people in custody in NSW, to assess the relationship between physical and mental health status and demographic characteristics, risk behaviours, trauma, health service utilisation and offending. The project will also identify health needs of young people in custody to inform evidence-based planning of health and youth justice service delivery. | Youth Justice Research & Information Unit | Youth Justice NSW |
| Young People in Custody in NSW: Health Status and Service Utilisation | To create evidence-based knowledge of the health status and needs of young people in Youth Justice Centres in NSW to inform service planning and delivery of care for the Network’s adolescent patient population. | Dr Sharlene Kaye | Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network |
| Single session collaborative family work: An intervention to reduce recidivism for justice involved young people | This project aims to explore the effectiveness of an existing single session collaborative family work intervention offered to young people and their families involved in the criminal justice system. | Dr Phillipa Evans and Professor Chris Trotter | UNSW and Monash University |
| Djamu Art Gallery of NSW Justice Education Program Impact Report | This report will explore participant experiences of their involvement with the program, and seeks to gain information around the needs, impact and characteristics of the program. | Dr James Beaufils | University of Technology Sydney |