scholarly journals Empowering Young People: Multi-Disciplinary Expressive Interventions Utilising Diamond9 Evaluative Methods to Encourage Agency in Youth Justice

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (25) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Raymond Arthur ◽  
Rachel Dunn ◽  
Nicola Wake
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Children's Home ◽  
Children’S Homes ◽  
Original Insight ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Insight Into

<p>The article adopts a mixed method approach to evaluating sports and arts-based interventions within Secure Children’s Homes in England and Wales; an under-researched area of the criminal justice system. The research adopts the innovative Diamond9 model and semi-structured interviews to evaluate the study. This is the first time the model has been adopted within a Secure Children’s Home. The results provide an original insight into the voice of this currently underrepresented demographic of the Secure Estate, and highlight future approaches to evaluating rehabilitative models for this hard to reach group.</p><p>Keywords: Dance interventions; Diamond9; Secure Children’s Homes; Sports interventions; Young People.</p>

scholarly journals The New Perceptions on Life of Iranian Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Shahba ◽  
Reza Jafari-Shakib ◽  
Mahdi Mahmoudi ◽  
Ahmadreza Jamshidi ◽  
Mahdi Vojdanian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ankylosing Spondylitis ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Gaining Insight

Various studies suggest that ankylosing spondylitis (AS) as a chronic inflammatory disease with many disabilities can have impacts on different aspects of patients’ life. Despite many quantitative studies, only few qualitative studies have thus far been published on this subject. For the first time, the present study aims at gaining insight into the life experience of Iranian AS patients. We performed a content analysis through semi-structured interviews with twenty-eight patients diagnosed with AS, including three females and twenty-five males with an average age of 38.5 years, to gain insight into their experiences. Whatever the patients expressed was written and transcribed verbatim. Then, we did analysis of the results after each interview. The detailed information completely extracted from the interviews was classified as sub-themes and main themes. Three main themes were identified by the analysis: (i) “Always with pain” describing the effects were found in regard to pain on patients’ life, (ii) “The perceived limitation” describing many difficulties that people may face in the society as a result of their disease, and (iii) “Fearing the unknown future” which implies to both patients and their families have concerns about the future and what will happen. Our research findings in line with other qualitative studies showed that AS disease puts a heavy and intolerable burden on patients and their family. It seems that the experiences of people living with AS can be useful to meet challenges caused by the disease and it can enhance their coping with the disease.

Who’s devising your theatre experience? A director’s approach to inclusive theatre for blind and low vision theatregoers

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mala D Naraine ◽  
Margot R Whitfield ◽  
Deborah I Fels
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Audio Description ◽  
Entertainment Value ◽  
First Time ◽  
Delivery Style ◽  
Insight Into

In this article, the authors present the first documented implementation of a director-produced and delivered audio description (AD) for devising theatre. In a single live, audio-described performance of Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto, Canada, the director/describer’s artistically informed approach focuses on entertainment value for blind and low vision (B/LV) theatregoers. In-depth, semi-structured interviews with the director/screenwriter/describer garnered insight into a director’s unique perspective on the development process for the integrated approach to AD, including her artistic choices, expectations and delivery style as a first-time amateur director/describer. The process of developing and delivering integrated AD had a transformative effect on her as a director.

Investigating the voice of the young offender

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Trivasse
Keyword(s):  
Young Person ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Children's Services ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Children’S Services ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Voice

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to fulfil national guidelines for greater participation of young people within Children’s Services and specifically explored young offenders’ (YOs) views and experiences of the Youth Justice Service (YJS). Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were used to gather qualitative evidence regarding the experiences of 11 YOs. The interviews were created with four subsections: demographic information, positive and negative aspects of the YJS, feelings regarding YJS involvement, and hindsight and future plans. Interview transcripts were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings Two main themes arose: how participants perceived their journey through the YJS, and the relationships participants had with both the professionals and activities. Overall, the genuineness and parental quality of the relationships between YOs and YJS workers, and the personal relevance of the work, both appeared more important than formal interventions. Practical implications Implications for YJS practice suggest the need to create a context of genuine care. This includes building a relationship with, and working collaboratively with the YO, the provision of structure and boundaries, ensuring clarity in service provision and tailoring work to the individual and the offence. Originality/value This work satisfies Children’s Services guidance to obtain the view of the young person. It evaluates work within a specific YJS and provides implications for altering the focus of this work. The outcomes offer wider implications for all YJS provisions.

scholarly journals Strategic complexities and opportunities in Welsh youth justice: exploring YJB Cymru

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Case
Keyword(s):  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Practice Development ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – The paper presents and discusses the findings of a Strategic Insight Programme placement that explored the Youth Justice Board for Wales (YJB Cymru), a division of the YJB for England and Wales since the abolition of the regional structure in April 2012. The focus of the placement was on exploring the role of YJB Cymru in the development of youth justice policy and practice in the unique, partially devolved context of Wales. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The research was conducted over a six-month period from February to July 2013. A multiple methods design was adopted, consisting of semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders (YJB Cymru staff, Welsh Government staff and Youth Offending Team staff), observations of policy and practice mechanisms (YJB Cymru meetings, YOT projects) and documentary analysis of YJB Cymru publications. Findings – Thematic analyses demonstrated that YJB Cymru has an increasingly important role in policy and practice development structures and processes in England and Wales more broadly (e.g. within the YJB for England and Wales) and in the Welsh national context specifically. YJB Cymru fulfills a role of dual influence – working both with government (UK and Welsh) and youth justice practitioners (mainly YOT managers and staff) to mediate and manage youth justice tensions in the partially devolved Welsh policy context through relationships of reflective and critical engagement. Originality/value – This study draws inspiration from the groundbreaking research of Souhami (2011) and builds on those findings to provide a unique insight into the organisation and role YJB Cymru in the complex and dynamic context of youth justice in Wales.

The problematic differentiation between property bonds and leases in healthcare provision

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Ellison ◽  
Graham Squires ◽  
Patrick Dempsey
Keyword(s):  
Government Regulation ◽  
Property Market ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthcare Provision ◽  
Institutional Investment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Original Insight ◽  
The Uk ◽  
New Instruments ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose – There are some 487,000 places in long-stay residential care and nursing homes in the UK representing an industry worth some £15.2 billion per annum. Creating leases with guaranteed rental uplifts, a property bond in all but name, now attracts significant investment into healthcare. This is argued to be unsustainable, as evidenced by the collapse of Southern Cross Healthcare. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into institutional investment for sustainable healthcare provision. Design/methodology/approach – It is carried out via a range of unstructured and semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of a small elite of professionals involved at the summit of this investment market and analysis of secondary literature concerning the wider international property market regarding the way in which advisers and investors view the security and value of these new instruments. Findings – It is found that the differentiation between rental growth and indexed rental uplifts reveal a misunderstanding of the nature of the investment vehicles currently being marketed. Practical implications – The implication of the research, is that much modern private healthcare provision is financially unsustainable, as has begun to be recognised in recent government regulation and guidance. Originality/value – This research provides new and original insight into institutional investment for sustainable healthcare provision

Exploring flexible home arrangements – an interview study of workers who live in vans

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 747-761
Author(s):  
Angus J. Duff ◽  
Scott B. Rankin
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
First Time ◽  
Insight Into

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand the lived experience of workers who live in vans to explore how work and non-work interact when one's living environment is mobile.Design/methodology/approachIn this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 18 participants. Thematic analysis of interview transcripts, coded while listening to each interview recording, provided a rich account of the interaction of work and non-work life domains.FindingsSeveral themes were identified, including seeing the van as a home, hidden or disclosed identity stemming from living in a van, financial freedom, career freedom and work/non-work synchronization. Overall, findings suggest that flexible home arrangements, the relocation of one's home to adapt to work, aligned work and non-work domains to positively impact their overall work and non-work satisfaction, providing career freedom and expanded career opportunities.Research limitations/implicationsThe understanding of workers who live in vans broadens one’s understanding of mobile work and the work/non-work interface, providing insight into the dual alignment of work and home to accommodate each other, which the authors term work/non-work synchronization.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to consider van living from a work and career perspective and for the first time conceptualizes the notion of flexible home arrangements.

scholarly journals Realist Process Evaluation of the implementation and impact of an organisational cultural transformation programme in the Children and Young People's Secure Estate (CYPSE) in England: study protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. e045680
Author(s):  
Sophie D'Souza ◽  
Rebecca Lane ◽  
Jenna Jacob ◽  
Maria Livanou ◽  
Wendy Riches ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Activity Data ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionYoung people in contact with the youth justice system are more likely to present with complex ongoing needs than young people in the general population. To address this, the Framework for Integrated Care (SECURE STAIRS) is being implemented in the Children and Young People's Secure Estate: a ‘whole systems’ approach to support secure settings to develop trauma-informed and relationally based environments, supporting staff to provide consistent, therapeutic care. This paper aims to present the protocol for a national cohort study examining the impact and implementation of this cultural transformation programme.Methods and analysisA mixed-methods realist evaluation will be conducted. Data collection will take place between August 2018 and December 2020. Eighteen sites will collect routine service activity data and questionnaires completed by young people, parents/guardians and staff. Semi-structured interviews and non-participant observations will be conducted across five qualitative focus sites with young people and staff. An economic evaluation will examine value for money. The results will be triangulated at the analysis stage to gain an in-depth understanding of experiences.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval was granted by the Health Research Authority, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and UCL Ethics Committee. Findings will be disseminated via project reports, site feedback, peer-reviewed journal publications and conference presentations.

scholarly journals Fostering unaccompanied asylum seeking young people: the views of foster carers on their training and support needs

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Abigail Sidery
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Transfer Scheme ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Access Information ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Training And Support ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

The implementation of the National Transfer Scheme, whereby local authorities across the UK are encouraged to voluntarily receive unaccompanied young asylum seekers, has prompted a necessary focus on the training needs of those caring for this population. As agencies consider how to build their capacity to support unaccompanied young people, this study set out to learn from the experiences and views of foster carers, in order to inform the development of effective carer training and support. Eight semi-structured interviews were undertaken with foster carers who have cared for unaccompanied young people in one county in the South West of England. The findings draw attention not only to the potential benefits of training focused specifically on fostering unaccompanied young people, but also reveal aspects of the impact that limited access to training and support can have upon carers. The findings shed light on the carers’ experiences of encountering ‘unknown’ factors and allow new insight into the networks they had developed over time to enhance their ability to access information and support as new challenges arise. Possible implications for local authorities and fostering agencies are considered.

Police Contact with Young People with Cognitive Disabilities: Perceptions of Procedural (In)justice

Youth Justice ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy Ellem ◽  
Kelly Richards
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Cognitive Disabilities ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Police Contact ◽  
Insight Into

The interactions of police with young people with cognitive disabilities (YPWCD) have seldom been considered in research, even though this group is over-represented in the criminal justice system. This article presents the results of a qualitative study into YPWCD’s experiences with police in Queensland, Australia. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with service providers who work with YPWCD and YPWCD themselves. The procedural justice perspective was used as an analytic framework to provide an insight into YPWCD’s relationships with the police. Findings point to ways in which police can better respond to YPWCD in procedurally just ways, as well as to the role that family and service providers might play in supporting this outcome.

scholarly journals The changing shape of youth justice: Models of practice

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 554-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Smith ◽  
Patricia Gray
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Combined Effect ◽  
Targeted Intervention ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
People First ◽  
Justice Practice

This article reports on a two-year investigation, which maps out contemporary approaches to the delivery of youth justice in England, in light of substantial recent changes in this area of practice. The findings are derived from a detailed examination of youth offending plans and a series of corroborative semi-structured interviews with managers and practitioners from selected youth offending services. Our inquiry has enabled us to develop a detailed three-fold typology of youth justice agencies’ orientations towards practice, represented as ‘offender management’, ‘targeted intervention’ and ‘children and young people first’; as well as a small number of ‘outliers’ where priorities are articulated rather differently. Our findings enable us to reflect on this evidence to suggest that there are a number of ‘models’ of youth justice practice operating in parallel; and that there does not appear at present to be the kind of ‘orthodoxy’ in place which has sometimes prevailed in this field. We also raise doubts about previous representations of unified models of youth justice presumed to be operative at national or jurisdictional levels. We conclude with a number of further observations about the combined effect of current influences on the organization and realization of youth justice, including the growing emphasis on localized responsibility for delivery and increasingly complex expectations of the service context.

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