§ Mr. TippingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has commissioned into the effectiveness of residential care and secure residential care for juvenile offenders.
§ Mr. Yeo[holding answer 2 March 1993]: The following research projects commissioned by the Department include examination of the effectiveness of residential care for all children including juvenile offenders.
- 1. Dartington Social Research Unit—Locking up children: secure provision within the child care system 1978
- 2. Professor Timms/Professor Harris, University of Leicester—Between hospital and prison or thereabouts: a study of the implementation of the secure accommodation regulations
- 1987
- 3. Dartington Social Research Unit—The experiences and careers of young people leaving youth treatment centres 1989
- 4. Dartington Social Research Unit—Alternative care careers: the experience of very difficult adolescents outside youth treatment centre provision
- 1989
- 5. Dartington Social Research Unit—Follow-up of young people from youth treatment centres
- 1993
- 6. Professor Bottoms/Professor Knapp, University of Cambridge and University of Kent—Evaluation of the effectiveness of intermediate treatment
- 1993
- 7. Professor Whitaker, University of York—culture and staff dynamics in children's homes
Commissioned: 1992- 8. Professor Sinclair—The role and quality of residential care
Commissioned: 1993- 9. Dartington Social Research Unit—Factors and processes associated with positive outcomes for troubled adolescents
Commissioned: 1993Copies of projects 1 to 4 are available in the Library. Copies of projects 5 to 9 are not yet available. Copies will be placed in the Library.