Young adults who come into repeat contact with the police are likely to have experienced  trauma, poor health, structural inequalities and poverty. Every encounter with police, regardless of welfare, crisis, or criminal justice context, appears to exacerbate trauma and perceived and real inequalities.

This research explores guiding principles for trauma and poverty responsive policing from the perspective of young adults who commit repeated low level offences. Their accounts highlight how their experiences of policing is tied in a knot with their experiences of trauma, poverty and structural inequalities.

Published in April 2021 by the Revolving Doors Agency and New Generation Policing.