MCYS’s Dr Daniel Marshall presents his international youth justice work at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2023

At the Stockholm Criminology Symposium 2023, MCYS’s Dr Daniel Marshall chaired a panel titled ‘International and Comparative Explorations of Crime and Justice’. His presentation titled ‘Delivering Juvenile Justice: reflections on comparative research with practitioners in England/Wales and Japan’ explored cross-national themes in delivering juvenile justice in the two jurisdictions. These cases were purposively selected after some scoping of international delivery models and observations of practice which highlighted parallels and distinctions between youth justice approaches in these contexts and indirect links through a shared and lengthy history of colonial power and policy transfer. Drawing on his empirical research with practitioners in both jurisdictions the paper highlighted the key emerging themes, focusing on the idea of success. Such comparative work between England/Wales and Japan is sparse, and the paper provided reflection on the implications of the cross-national comparisons and identified areas for empirical growth and analysis