Co-production and Criminal Justice

Johns, Diana; Spivakovsky, Claire; Flynn, Catherine; Turner, Shelley; Hall, Maggie

doi:10.4324/9780429328657

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“…Any commitment to operationalising the principle of co-production (equal partners and cocreators) in a youth justice setting is hampered by an institutional culture which fixates undue focus on risk management and the use of harm reduction techniques allegedly in line with the principles of a public protection agenda (Johns et al, 2022;Social Care Institute for Excellence, 2015;Day, 2022). Accordingly, building connections, establishing trusted partnerships and sustaining reciprocal relationships between children (the powerless) and adult youth justice professionals (the powerholders) as defined by co-production involves great challenges.…”

Section: Operationalising the Principle Of Co-production In Youth Jus...mentioning

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Day

2023

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2023

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“…The ways in which co-production is defined also vary, with the term used to refer to a wide range of different "partnership" activities, from participation and collaboration to co-planning, codesign, co-delivery and co-evaluation in research and practice, and even "co-governance" or "co-management" (Verschuere et al, 2012). Accordingly, we see Johns et al's (2022) simple definition of co-production as "equal partnership and for equal benefit" as helpful. This builds on Hanley et al's (2004) continuum of consultation, collaboration and user control, whilst explicitly recognising the power differentials that exist in youth justice settings.…”

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“…This builds on Hanley et al's (2004) continuum of consultation, collaboration and user control, whilst explicitly recognising the power differentials that exist in youth justice settings. The question that arises for Johns et al (2022) here is about "who is in partnership, on whose terms, for whose benefit, and 'equal' by whose measure? ", and this seems particularly important in settler-colonial countries such as Australia where the ongoing impact of colonisation continues to shape the experience of First Nations peoples today.…”

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Co-producing trauma-informed youth justice in Australia?

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Malvaso

Butcher

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Purpose Recent years have seen significant policy and practice interest in how to best respond to the impact of childhood maltreatment and adversity on young people’s contact with youth justice systems. In Australia, this has resulted in increasing pressure to implement trauma-informed practice, although this is a term that has different meanings for different stakeholders, and little is known about the perspectives of justice-involved young people. This paper aims to review what is currently known about co-production in youth justice and discuss ways in which young people can be meaningfully involved in the development of trauma-informed practice frameworks. Design/methodology/approach A narrative approach is used to present a contextual overview of youth justice in Australia, introduce key concepts underpinning trauma-informed practice and consider the barriers and facilitators of co-production and participatory approaches to the development and implementation of trauma-informed practice. Findings Youth justice in Australia is widely viewed as in urgent need of reform, with broad interest in developing more trauma-informed practice in these systems. Co-production and participatory approaches are fundamental to the reform process and can help to ensure that the views and aspirations of the children for whom these systems are responsible are embedded in efforts to implement trauma-informed practice. Research limitations/implications This paper presents an argument for implementing trauma-informed practice in Australian youth justice that is based on consultation and collaboration with young people. It does not present evidence about the potential effectiveness of such an approach. Practical implications This paper has direct implications for youth justice practice, in terms of both service philosophy, design and delivery. Social implications The work discussed in this paper offers possibilities for new and different ways of responding to youth crime and maintaining community safety. Originality/value Whilst the need to re-imagine youth justice is widely recognised, there are few resources available to support efforts to co-produce trauma-informed practice. This paper synthesises what is known about these approaches and offers some suggestions and possible ways forward.

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“…Outside the scholarship of convict criminology, which has been critiqued for failing to assimilate into the local academic milieu of Australia (Doyle et al, 2021), lived experience in criminology has not been otherwise conceptualised. Indeed, there has been work published around concepts of "co-production" and "co-design" in criminal justice (Johns et al, 2022) but these insights have been more or less illuminations of practical measures, considerations and benefits, among other things, of involving people with lived experience of the criminal justice system. Not to say that the work of the likes of Johns et al (2022) are unimportant but there is scope to explore lived experience further.…”

Section: Reflections Of a Prisonermentioning

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“…Indeed, there has been work published around concepts of "co-production" and "co-design" in criminal justice (Johns et al, 2022) but these insights have been more or less illuminations of practical measures, considerations and benefits, among other things, of involving people with lived experience of the criminal justice system. Not to say that the work of the likes of Johns et al (2022) are unimportant but there is scope to explore lived experience further. Whilst it is beyond the remit of this article to comprehensively set out a theoretical framework for lived experience in criminology, a project which I am in the process of accomplishing, the SI could contribute as an overarching guide which frames lived experience of criminal justice interaction, offering a person-centred approach not otherwise brought to light by traditional criminological modes of inquiry.…”

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The Sociological Imagination: Reflections of a Prisoner in Australia

Antojado¹

2023

Eur. J. Behav. Sci.

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The sociological imagination (SI) has been an important framework relied upon by the field of sociology. This paper intertwines the SI with reflexive narrative to illuminate insight into the carceral experience from the perspective of an incarcerated person. Combining reflexive practice and drawing on various sociological principles, it delves deeply into the emotions, concerns, context in how the prison system fails incarcerated people. Interrogating various themes including, employment, homosexuality in prisons, and the underlying social misconceptions of the utility of prisons; It spotlights the realities of people under the care and control of the correctional system by drawing on autoethnography, theory and empirical evidence. The use of the SI in elaborating upon the carceral experience provides a more intimate approach not otherwise explored in the traditional modes of criminological inquiry, adding an important person-centred dimension to the analysis of the carceral experience.

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Co-production and Criminal Justice

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