By Andrew Day and Catia Malvaso

The delivery of high-quality case work is central to efforts to reform youth justice systems around the world. Youth justice practitioners can be the most effective agents of change when the focus of their casework practice is on listening to justice-involved young people, helping them to feel safe and to avoid re-traumatization, and working in ways that promote positive childhood experiences. It is argued that developing practice-based evidence’ in this way can help to unite the field, to close the policy implementation gap, and simultan-eously contribute to the personal wellbeing of young people and the broader agenda of public safety

 Child & Youth Services, 2024, 26p.