Description
Young adults coming into contact with the criminal justice system are open to a unique and multitudinous array of challenges, difficulties and vulnerabilities. This paper explores the complex interplay between young adults’ subjective maturity, their interactions with aspects of the criminal justice process, and the commencement and maintenance of fragile and oscillating processes of desistance from crime. Highlighting a range of conceptual and definitional discrepancies at different points within the Northern Irish criminal justice system, the paper scrutinises the system's responsibilities in respect of young adults’ needs, circumstances, and complex maturational processes. In particular, the analysis problematises a framing of young adults as maturationally deficient, and examines the potentially infantilising impact of aspects of the justice process on the identities and autonomy of young adults in contact with the system.| Period | 19 Jun 2024 |
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| Event title | 15th Irish North/South Criminology Conference |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Belfast, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
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Research output
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Overcoming 'Sheriff Syndrome’: Exploring young adults’ experiences of policing in Northern Ireland
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Desistance from Crime in the Transition to Adulthood
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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‘What the f**k Is Maturity?’: Young Adulthood, Subjective Maturity and Desistance From Crime
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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15th Irish North/South Criminology Conference
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