...This chapter looks at the various forms of evidence about the nature, prevalence and trends in problem behaviour as well as offending behaviour in ten children's care homes in the United Kingdom. The sources of data are based on four sets of organisational records: incident records from care staff...

...This chapter describes the experiences, views and perceptions of managers and care staff in the United Kingdom regarding their use of restorative justice (RJ) in managing problem behaviour and offending behaviour in children in residential care. Their views were collated in four main ways...

... to give an example of a situation where staff had been involved in ‘sorting out a problem’ and whether they thought the staff response to ‘sorting out a problem’ constituted RJ. Questions about RJ were therefore asked within the broader framework of young people's perceptions of how problem behaviour...

.... Little progress had been made in the research into harnessing the power of the local community to address problem behaviour by children in care or providing services and links between homes and local communities to develop fully a sense of social inclusion and belonging. There existed a policy gap...

...This chapter takes a closer look at individual children and what happens to them during a period of residential care, specifically in relation to problem behaviour or offending behaviour. The evidence draws on two sources: a one-year cohort study starting with all children resident or admitted...

... initiatives; identifies the psychobiological effects of violence on children and links them to problem behaviour; considers the impacts of family intervention projects and parenting work and compares approaches to early intervention across different jurisdictions; and examines the lessons for practice...

...Restorative justice (RJ) and restorative approaches (RAs) are becoming increasingly valued as a way of responding to a wide range of conflicts, including problem behaviour and offending behaviour. The growth in the use of RJ and RAs has been described as a ‘global social movement’ that sets out...