DEVELOPMENTAL JUSTICE

A recent UNICEF Situation Analysis (2015) recommended systemic changes to both legislation and juvenile detention practices. We are working to provide a scientific foundation for these changes and to implement the current government's vision of innovative programmes to unlock the developmental potential of justice-involved Barbadian youths... Our PATH Programme is a suite of interventions designed to promote Personal Agency, Trust and ​Hope for adolescent incarcerates. At present, PATH is being implemented in collaboration with the Barbadian Ministry of Home Affairs at Barbados's Government Industrial Schools (juvenile secure detention units). We work in partnership with other government agencies, NGOs and specialist faculty at the University of the West Indies... In collaboration with researchers from the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford, we have undertaken quantitative and qualitative research to guide us in matching the needs of Barbadian young..