Youth design against crime : a catalyst for change amongst young people

Wootton, A; Davey, C; Marselle, MR

Abstract

The literature reveals a number of programmes across Europe to involve young people in design, planning and/or community safety. This paper describes a programme developed by the Design Against Crime Solution Centre in partnership with the young people's charity Catch22 that engages young people in design-led crime prevention—Youth Design Against Crime (YDAC). The programme is novel in that it targets young people labelled as ‘at risk of offending’ or ‘problem individuals’ by the police or education system. Supported by youth workers and teachers, and mentored by local police officers, teams of young people are challenged to address issues of crime and community safety occurring in the area in which they live using a process of research and design developed by the Solution Centre. Three such YDAC projects have been initiated to date. This paper shows how the development of research, team working, creative thinking and design skills can enable groups of young people labelled ‘problem individuals’ to develop solutions to real problems in their communities and convince key stakeholders of the value of their design ideas.

Citation

Wootton, A., Davey, C., & Marselle, M. Youth design against crime : a catalyst for change amongst young people. Presented at Endless End, Porto, Portugal

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Endless End
• Conference Location: Porto, Portugal
• End Date: May 7, 2011
• Publication Date: May 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Apr 10, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 10, 2017
• Publisher URL: https://ead.yasar.edu.tr/conferences/ead-09-portugal-2011/
• Related Public URLs: https://ead.yasar.edu.tr/; http://endlessend.up.pt/site/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/EAD9_Program.pdf
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference