| Description | Contents of a ring binder marked 'Official Commission Information: budget, LEAP, visits, MEL, correspondence with commissioners, external correspondence, general info, external meetings, Vivien Stern' containing correspondence, consultancy agreements, programmes, reports and other papers relating to the Commission on Young Adults in the Criminal Justice System. Funding source(s): Barrow Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The independent Commission on Young Adults and the Criminal Justice System was established by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The role of the Commission was to develop a way in which the criminal justice system can recognise the importance of the transition between adolescence and adulthood, to develop ideas about how the system can promote natural desistance from offending in young adults in transition, and to find a way in which the criminal justice system could better promote the life chances of young adults. The Commission began its work in summer 2004. Nature of support: The Trust was a primary funder of the Commission though total expenditure is not included here. Minutes: No minutes cited. Notes: Taken from a ring binder. Envelopes labelled 'a' and 'b'. |