'It's our anxiety that keeps them locked up.' Protection for whom? Responding to the needs of 'at risk' young women in Scotland.

近年来，与刑事司法系统接触的年轻妇女人数一直是一个国际关注的问题，重点是她们犯罪的明显增加。尽管学术、政治和媒体的关注有所增加，但在苏格兰和整个英国，专门为年轻女性设计的倡议仍然很少，对有效实践的理解有限。也很少有研究关注与这一人群打交道的从业人员的经验，这意味着他们的见解、影响和支持需求往往被忽视。博士研究涉及深入的半结构化访谈，在一年的时间里对50名从业人员进行了深入的访谈，这些从业人员在苏格兰的一系列刑事司法相关环境中与年轻女性一起工作，包括监狱、安全护理、社会工作和社区项目。受女权主义关切的影响，博士研究的一个主要关切是促进对这一年轻妇女群体的认识和理解不断增长，从而影响良好做法的发展。博士学位的主要发现符合四个方面：(i)它们增加了关于年轻女性接触cjs途径的有限的英国特定知识体系，说明了这些通常是如何在个人和家庭单位的（微观）层面上给予的，其他影响最小化。（ii）它们有助于女权主义者关注年轻女性所受的社会控制模式的变化，说明对年轻女性高度脆弱的描述如何成为这种社会控制模式的一种。（iii）他们详细介绍了从业人员认为对其工作至关重要的工作实践方面，为理解为什么这么多人将其描述为一个“难以相处”的群体提供了背景。（iv）他们通过探讨从业人员在开展工作时的个人经验，以及围绕这些经验的工作环境和条件作出贡献。博士研究对学术和非学术受众都具有重要意义，因为它对政策和实践具有影响，并为现有知识库增加了严谨的学术研究成果。该奖学金将使这些贡献成为可能，并有一些不同但相互补充的目标。这些都是为了支持我未来的职业抱负，在知识交流、学习和影响方面，将学术界与实践紧密联系起来。其中一个主要目标是根据我博士的主要发现，为同行评议的期刊撰写和发表学术文章。除此之外，还将进行进一步的研究，通过收集不同研究环境下的民族志、观察性案例研究来观察从业者的工作生活：这些将有助于说明日常实践的复杂性和挑战性。与非学术受众接触是奖学金的一个非常重要的组成部分，以便共同分享、讨论和发展研究成果。在现有学术网络的基础上建立新的网络也将是开发影响机会和为进一步的研究和开发提供信息的关键。这些网络包括地方和国家联系，以及通过与同事（例如欧洲和北美的同事）合作提供国际比较和视角。虽然奖学金的重点是研究和研究网络和技能的发展，但也会进行有限的教学和监督。举办相关领域的专题讲座，如性别和犯罪，或研究方法，将有助于与学生进行学术交流，并为我的职业发展提供宝贵的经验。最后，参加各种培训机会既可以实现奖学金的不同目标，又有助于我的研究和专业技能。

In recent years the number of young women in contact with the criminal justice system has been an international subject of concern, with a focus on the apparent rise in their offending. Despite increased academic, political and media attention, there are still few initiatives specifically designed for young women in Scotland and the wider UK, with limited understanding of effective practice. There is also very little research that focuses on practitioner experiences of working with this population, meaning that their insights, influence and support needs are often overlooked. The PhD research involved in-depth, semi-structured interviews that were conducted over the course of a year with 50 practitioners who work with young women in a range of criminal-justice related settings in Scotland, including prison, secure care, social work and community based projects. Shaped by feminist concerns, a key concern of the PhD study was to contribute to the growing body of knowledge and understanding about this population of young women, and thus to influence the development of good practice.The key findings of the PhD fit into four areas:(i) they add to the limited body of UK-specific knowledge regarding young women's pathways into cjs contact, illustrating how these are usually given at the (micro) level of the individual and family unit with other influences minimised.(ii) they contribute to feminist concerns regarding the changing modes of social control to which young women are subjected, illustrating how descriptions of young women as highly vulnerable serves as one such mode of social control.(iii) they detail aspects of working practice that practitioners viewed as key to their work, giving context to understanding why so many describe this a 'difficult' group with whom to work.(iv) they contribute by exploring the the personal experiences of practitioners in conducting their work, and the working environment and conditions surrounding these.The PhD research has significance both for academic and nonacademic audiences, as it has implications for policy and practice as well as adding rigorous academic research findings to the existing knowledge base. The Fellowship will enable these contributions, and has a number of distinct but complimentary aims. These are aimed at supporting my career aspirations for a future role that has strong links between academia and practice in terms of knowledge exchange, learning and impact. One of the key aims is to write and publish academic articles for peer reviewed journals based upon the key findings of my PhD as described. In addition to this, further research will be conducted in order to observe the working lives of practitioners through the collection of ethnographic, observational case studies within the different research settings: these will serve to illustrate the complicated, challenging nature of everyday practice. Engaging with non-academic audiences is a very important part of the fellowship, in order to collaboratively share, discuss and develop research findings. Building new, and upon existing academic networks will also be key to developing impact opportunities and informing further research and development. These networks includes local and national contacts, as well as offering an international comparison and perspective through collaborating with colleagues (for example in Europe and North America). Whilst the focus of the fellowship is the development of research and research networks and skills, a limited amount of teaching and supervising will also take place. Delivering adhoc lectures in relevant areas such as gender and crime, or research methods will enable academic engagement and exchange with students as well as providing valuable experience for my career progression. Finally, undertaking various training opportunities will both enable the different objectives of the fellowship to be realized, contributing to my research and professional skills.