Safeguarding children involved in violence: insights for 'best practice' in policing: exploratory study report

Helen Beckett
,
Debra Allnock
,
Helen Richardson Foster
,
Caroline Adams
,
Christine Barter
,
Lis Bates

Research Output:

Book/Report

Commissioned report

Open access

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Abstract

This report presents the approach to, and findings from, Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) funded research into how police safeguard and protect children involved in violence. The study was led by Professor Helen Beckett from the University of Lancashire and Professor Debra Allnock from the University of Bedfordshire, with the support of colleagues at these Universities, the Open University and the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme (VKPP). The project ran from September 2025 to March 2026.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output:

Book/Report

Commissioned report

Original language

English

Publication milestones

Published - 03/09/2026

Publication status

Published - 03/09/2026

Publisher

University of Lancashire

Commissioning body

Youth Endowment Fund

Access to documents

Safeguarding Children Full report

Final published version, 1.54 MB

License:CC BY-NC-ND

Handle.net

Persistent link

Publication metrics

Metrics

Download statistics

Download count