Staff profile

• Children and young peoples’ participation and co-production
• Exploring theory and application of risk in young people’s lives
• Social care and justice response to children, young people, and families
• Vulnerability, deviance and power/control
• Youth justice policy and practice

Chapter in book

• Embracing children’s Voices: Transforming Youth Justice Practice Through Co-production and Child First Participation
  
  Burns, S., & Creaney, S. (2023). Embracing children’s Voices: Transforming Youth Justice Practice Through Co-production and Child First Participation (S. Case & N. Hazel, Eds.; pp. 333-365). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19272-2_12

Journal Article

• Mechanisms That Promote and Support Family Preservation for Children at the Edge of Care: A Realist Synthesis
  
  Redgate, S., Smart, D., Barrett, S., Barron, C., Burns, S., Frost, H., McGovern, W., Peart, V., Adams, E., Alderson, H., Kaner, E., & McGovern, R. (2024). Mechanisms That Promote and Support Family Preservation for Children at the Edge of Care: A Realist Synthesis. SAGE Open, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440241260998
• Freedom From Symbolic Violence? Facilitators and Barriers to Participatory Practices in Youth Justice
  
  Creaney, S., & Burns, S. (2024). Freedom From Symbolic Violence? Facilitators and Barriers to Participatory Practices in Youth Justice. Youth Justice, 24(1), 31-52. https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231156844
• Interventions to Reduce Parental Substance Use, Domestic Violence and Mental Health Problems, and Their Impacts Upon Children’s Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Evidence Mapping
  
  Barrett, S., Muir, C., Burns, S., Adjei, N., Forman, J., Hackett, S., Hirve, R., Kaner, E., Lynch, R., Taylor-Robinson, D., Wolfe, I., & McGovern, R. (2024). Interventions to Reduce Parental Substance Use, Domestic Violence and Mental Health Problems, and Their Impacts Upon Children’s Well-Being: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Evidence Mapping. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 25(1), Article 152483802311538. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231153867
• Guest editorial: Theory and practice of co-production and co-creation in youth justice
  
  Creaney, S., Burns, S., & Day, A. (2023). Guest editorial: Theory and practice of co-production and co-creation in youth justice. Safer Communities, 22(3), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1108/sc-07-2023-054
• Exploring partnerships with justice-involved children in Hong Kong: the role of social workers and barriers towards transformation
  
  Burns, S. (2023). Exploring partnerships with justice-involved children in Hong Kong: the role of social workers and barriers towards transformation. Safer Communities, 22(2), 133-148. https://doi.org/10.1108/sc-09-2022-0042
• Guest editorial: Theory and practice of co-production and co-creation in youth justice
  
  Creaney, S., Burns, S., & Day, A. (2023). Guest editorial: Theory and practice of co-production and co-creation in youth justice. Safer Communities, 22(2), 73-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/sc-04-2023-053
• Young People as Co-producers in Policing across England. An Evaluation of the ‘Youth Commission’ on Police and Crime
  
  Burns, S. (2019). Young People as Co-producers in Policing across England. An Evaluation of the ‘Youth Commission’ on Police and Crime. Children & Society, 33(4), 347-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12312