This toolkit has been developed ultimately to help divert children away from progressing further through the criminal justice system and promote their positive outcomes. It supports the application of principles derived from research evidence about identity and offending to youth justice practice in the community.

It is designed to help practitioners reflect on how each element of their work can be aligned to the identity-focused approach, advocated in the National Standards for Youth Justice and the sector’s Child First guiding principle.

Published in January 2020 by NACRO.