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New Youth Justice Course Unveiled at University of Luton

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New Youth Justice Course Unveiled at University of Luton

9 May 2005 09:54:00

The University of Luton is breaking new ground in the field of youth justice, by launching a Professional Doctorate in Youth Justice (PDYJ), starting in September 2005.

The team selected to teach the programme at the University’s Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime, includes:

  • John Pitts – Vauxhall Professor of Socio-legal Studies and Director of the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime
  • Margaret Melrose – National authority on social exclusion, drug use, and child and youth prostitution, based at the University
  • Professor Michael Preston-Shoot - National authority on social work and the law, and Head of Applied Social Studies at the University of Luton
  • Tim Bateman – Senior Policy Advisor at the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) Youth Crime Unit and Visiting Research Fellow at the Vauxhall Centre
  • John Graham – Director of the Police Foundation and Scientific Advisor to the Council of Europe on Juvenile Justice and is visiting Professor at the Vauxhall Centre. Worked in research and policy development at the Home Office and the Audit Commission
  • Alan Marlow (QPM) late of Bedfordshire Police and Visiting Professor at the Vauxhall Centre

The PDYJ is an intensive part-time degree developed by the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime, and the NACRO Youth Crime Unit.

It is a less abstract alternative to a PhD, but with the same time scales and the same academic rigour as traditional PhDs, providing theoretical grounding in project management and development, criminal justice, child care policy and research methods.

The course is aimed at senior professionals and managers with extensive experience of working with youngsters in trouble with the law, and senior professionals in the youth service, the drugs field, education, community safety and the Connexions service.

John Pitts said: “This is a very exciting and busy time for the Centre. We are anticipating a high level of interest in this programme, not least because the team has such a high profile in the field of youth justice.

“We have now finalised the details of this new course and Tim Bateman and I have just produced a publication that will serve as a source book for all our youth justice teaching.”

The Russell House Companion for Youth Justice has already received excellent reviews from some of the leading publications in its field.

John, who recently wrote the Community Care Election Special on youth justice, gave a pre-election briefing on the subject at the House of Commons in March. Last month, he presented a paper on Drug Markets and Social Nuisance at the International Drug Policy Conference in London.

Professional Doctorate in Youth Justice (PDYJ) programme description:

Bedfordshire University

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