'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国际关注的问题，重点是她们犯罪的明显增加。尽管学术界、政界和媒体的关注有所增加，但在苏格兰和更广泛的联合王国，专门为年轻妇女设计的举措仍然很少，对有效做法的了解有限。也有很少的研究，侧重于从业人员的经验，这意味着他们的见解，影响力和支持需求往往被忽视。博士研究涉及深入的，半结构化的采访，在一年的过程中进行了50从业者谁与年轻妇女在一系列刑事司法相关的设置在苏格兰，包括监狱，安全护理，社会工作和社区为基础的项目。由女权主义者的关注，博士研究的一个关键问题是促进对这一人口的年轻女性的知识和理解不断增长的身体，从而影响良好practice.The博士的主要研究结果适合四个领域：（一）他们添加到英国的具体知识的有限机构关于年轻女性的途径进入cjs接触，说明这些通常是如何在个人和家庭单位的（微观）水平与其他影响最小化。(ii)它们促使女权主义者关注青年妇女所受的不断变化的社会控制模式，说明将青年妇女描述为高度脆弱的人是如何成为这种社会控制模式的。(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，并提供了背景，以了解为什么这么多人将这一群体描述为“难以与之合作”的群体。(iv)他们通过探索从业者在开展工作时的个人经验以及周围的工作环境和条件做出贡献。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，并为现有的知识基础增加了严格的学术研究成果。该研究金将使这些贡献，并有一些独特的，但互补的目标。这些都是为了支持我的职业抱负，未来的作用，学术界和实践之间的知识交流，学习和影响方面有很强的联系。其中一个主要目标是根据我博士学位的主要发现为同行评审期刊撰写和发表学术文章。除此之外，还将开展进一步的研究，通过收集不同研究背景下的人种学、观察性案例研究，观察从业人员的工作生活：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，以便合作分享，讨论和发展研究成果。在现有学术网络的基础上建立新的学术网络也将是创造影响机会和为进一步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人，并通过与同事（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，但也将进行有限的教学和监督。在相关领域，如性别和犯罪，或研究方法提供特设讲座将使学术参与和学生交流，以及为我的职业发展提供宝贵的经验。最后，参加各种培训机会将使研究金的不同目标得以实现，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.