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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collaborative design within a therapeutic Youth Justice unit | To develop knowledge about the experience, learning and impacts of collaboration between the design research team, Indigenous practice leader and Elders, therapeutic staff, youth officers, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people in the custodial Youth Justice context. | Dr. Rohan Lulham | University of Technology Sydney |
| 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 |
| Improving thinking skills in young people in custody with mental illness using social cognitive and neurocognitive remediation therapy – a feasibility pilot study | To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the combined treatments of Cognitive Remediation Therapy and Social Cognitive Remediation Therapy in a youth custodial setting and explore the relationship between neurocognition, social cognition and functional outcomes. | Rene Jones (PhD student) | Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network |
| Investigating recidivism among Australian justice-involved youth | To examine the validity of the Inventory of Callous Unemotional Traits (ICU) and test the ICU's ability to predict anti-social behavioural outcomes using Young People in Custody Health Survey data. | Professor Eva Kimonis | University of New South Wales |
| Juvenile Radicalisation and Risk Assessment: A Study of Australian Juveniles and the Violent Extremism Risk Assessment – Version 2 Revised | To examine the process of juvenile radicalisation in the Australian context by assessing the use and suitability of the Violent Extremism Risk Assessment – Version 2 Revised with radicalised young people. The study will also examine the implications for countering violent extremism practice. | Steve Barracosa (PhD student) | University of Queensland |
| 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 |
| Towards an effective practice model for youth detention in NSW | To determine the relationship between the implementation of a best practice model (Core Effective Practice Skills) in NSW Youth Justice Centres and the outcomes for staff and young people in that Centre. | Dr. Phillipa Evans and Professor Chris Trotter | University of New South Wales and Monash University |
| 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 | 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 |
| Youth Justice and University of Sydney MOU research | This project aims to inform continued collaboration between USYD and YJNSW by capturing the views and experiences of YJNSW and USYD staff involved in MOU activities. | A/Professor Garner Clancey | University of Sydney |