Effect Size Database
This report summarises the YEF’s Effect Size Database (ESDB), a free repository that reports effect sizes (ES) associated with each study included in the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) Evidence and Gap map...
View ArticleBeyond The Headlines
Purpose and background In this report, we aim to simplify the complexity surrounding violence affecting children and young people in England and Wales. Our goal is to provide a clear account of whether...
View ArticleImplementing Focused Deterrence: Barriers and Opportunities
We asked OC&C Strategy Consultants to conduct a scoping exercise to help us understand which force areas are delivering focused deterrence and, importantly, how they’re delivering it. The insights...
View ArticleKey Facts About Violence
Understanding violence is key to keeping children safe If we want to prevent violence, we need to understand it. The more we know about violence, the better we can...
View ArticleChildren, Violence and Vulnerability 2024
This is YEF’s third annual Children, violence and vulnerability report. This year, YEF surveyed over 10,000 teenage children aged 13-17 in England and Wales about their experiences of violence. Amid...
View ArticleA review of the literature on how the systems of support available to young...
Background This project is part of the wider Serious Violence Research Programme jointly led by the Youth Endowment Fund and the Department for Education. The Serious Violence Research Programme aims...
View ArticleStatistics update (January 2025): Trends in violence affecting children
This is an update to the statistics published in our Beyond the Headlines report. This update includes latest data on core indicators for knife crime, policing, health, children’s services and the...
View ArticleRacial Disproportionality
The current state of disproportionality Violence has devastating impacts on children and families. While children from all backgrounds can face violence, children from certain ethnic backgrounds are...
View ArticleFocused deterrence guidance
This report offers practical guidance to help organisations deliver effective and equitable focused deterrence (FD) in England and Wales. This guidance is aimed at the delivery of FD programmes to...
View ArticleCore Indicators of Violence
Our core indicator dashboard provides a clear account of whether children’s involvement in violence is improving or worsening, by evaluating the performance of key sectors supporting these children and...
View ArticleStatistics update (April 2025): Trends in violence affecting children
This is an update to the statistics published in our Beyond the Headlines report. This update includes latest data on core indicators for knife crime, policing, health, children’s services and the...
View ArticleDiversion Practice Guidance
This report – which was co-authored by the Centre for Justice Innovation – focuses on what happens to children at the early stages of the youth justice system when they first encounter the police. This...
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