
Academic Journal
Q1Youth Justice
About Youth Justice
Youth Justice is a scholarly journal published by SAGE Publications Inc.. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 0.458 and H-index of 41.
Coverage: 2001-2026. Research categories: Law (Q1); Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis; Child Abuse and Trauma; Crime Patterns and Interventions; Homelessness and Social Issues; Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare; Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending.
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Reported open-access list prices
3,650.00 USD; 2,676.00 GBP
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Recent Research Articles
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Reducing first-time entrants to the Youth Justice system: The case for an agency-wide extension of ‘Child First’ principles
Vicky Palmer, Frances Howard, Jo Reynolds, Shantey Francis et al.
2026-09-29 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261478565The veneer of progress: Child First as a ‘magic concept’ for youth justice systems
Samantha Burns, Hannah Smithson
2026-09-15 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261468528Interpreting complex needs in youth justice: Epistemic injustice and conceptual reform
Christos Constantine
2026-09-04 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261481736System-independent inequalities in youth justice decision-making: Seven spheres of influence
Caroline Lanskey, Yannick van den Brink
2026-08-28 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261473874Detaining the vulnerable: Youth justice and the pitfalls of reform in Libya
Tove Johanna Nyberg, Astrid Leao, Arij Neily
2026-08-22 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261468509Power, knowledge, and discourse: A Foucauldian analysis of juvenile justice in contemporary India
Meenakshi Saharan
2026-08-21 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261473883Creative arts in the Irish youth justice system: A children’s rights approach?
Louise Forde
2026-08-04 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261453062Trends in juvenile crime in the Netherlands and what are effective responses?
André M. van der Laan, Jessica Asscher
2026-07-29 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261468525Youth diversion orders: Has counter-terrorism finally got the ‘Child First’ memo?
Gina Vale, Craig Webber
2026-07-26 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261468513Locked down, locked out: Children in the youth justice system during the Covid-19 pandemic and the lessons we have failed to learn
Hannah Smithson
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261470159The role of the research community in developing and promoting principled and evidence-based responses to serious youth offending
Nessa Lynch
2026-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261468063Between Knowledge and Practice: How Youth Justice Practitioners in a US Urban Setting Navigate Developmental Science in Collaborative Decision-Making
Kayla Richards, Barbara J McMorris, Kara Beckman
2026-07-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261453209Procedural justice, trust and obligation to obey, and willingness to cooperate with the police: A test of the process-based model of regulation using a sample of detained youth in the United States
Lidia E. Nuño, George G. Garza, Veronica M. Herrera, Gilbert F. O’Brien et al.
2026-06-23 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261453205What do Canadian Adults Know About Youths’ Legal Rights in the Criminal Justice System?
Jessica Sutherland, Natasha Chlebuch, Lindsay Malloy, Caitlin Cavanagh et al.
2026-06-23 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261453054“I just want a normal life with a good education”: Future expectations and goals in education and employment expressed by delinquent young females
Azade Azad, Johanna Carlsson
2026-06-16 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261453208Between development and protection: Judicial narratives and youth sexual offence adjudication in Vietnam
Thi Tue Phuong Hoang
2026-06-01 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261451130Improving Resilience and Well-Being Among Youth Incarcerated in the Juvenile Justice System: Systematic Review of Exploring Intervention
Annisa Nur Hikmatus Sholikhah, Dian Veronika Sakti Kaloeti, Sigid Kirana Lintang Bhima, Nur Diana Indrawati et al.
2026-04-29 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261428270Youth Vulnerability and the Mobilisation of Morality and Risk: Youth Justice Practitioners’ Framings and Responses to Youth Sexting
Charlotte English
2026-04-20 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261434400Rhetoric and Reality: The Relationship Between Absolute Deprivation and Criminality Among Almajirai in Northern Nigeria
Mohammed Mamun Usman
2026-04-09 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254251386874From Disciplinary Welfare Sanction to Punishment and Deterrence: Contemporary Changes in Hong Kong’s Youth Sentencing Philosophy
Aaron H. L. Wong, Wing Hong Chui, Paul Vinod Khiatani
2026-04-08 · DOI: 10.1177/14732254261419729Reviews
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