Hope Kent Editor

Adeela ahmed Shafi is Professor of Education in Youth Justice at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. Her research is focused on the education of children and young people in secure custodial settings.

Hope Kent is a Research Fellow funded by ADR-UK at the University of Exeter, UK. Her research uses population-level data to understand the over-representation of children with neurodisability in the youth justice system.

Stephen Case is Professor of Youth Justice at Loughborough University, UK. His research and scholarship have focused on the promotion of positive, 'children first', rights-based, and anti-risk management approaches to working with children in conflict with the law.

Neal Hazel is Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Salford, UK. He has delivered more than 40 funded research projects, mainly in youth justice and family support.