Dr Anthony Charles

Research Highlights

1. Haines, K. & Charles, A. (2019). Responding to Harm: The Challenge of Children’s Perspectives. Journal of Victimology and Victim Justice, 2(1), 90-108.

   https://doi.org/10.1177/2516606918819282, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45407
2. Charles, A. & Haines, K. (2019). Engaging young people as partners for change: The UR Community project. International Journal of Children's Rights, 27, 140-175.

   https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-02701007, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa45091
3. Charles, A. (2017). Generating Authentic Understandings of Participation: Working with Young People. Intersections, 3(1)

   https://doi.org/10.17356/ieejsp.v3i1.306, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa34109

   http://intersections.tk.mta.hu/index.php/intersections/article/view/306
4. Charles, A. & Haines, K. (2014). Measuring Young People’s Participation in Decision Making. The International Journal of Children's Rights, 22(3), 641-659.

   https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-55680022, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17771
5. Charles, A. (2012). Using research to enhance and embed policy and practice which promotes children's participation in decision making

   SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19820

All Research

• ‘An existence not a life: Investigating human rights violations against learning-disabled and autistic children and young people engendered by current laws, policy and practice and analysing alternative approaches, rooted in the human rights model of disability.’ (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Simon Hoffman

• ‘Hurt people, hurt people’? An exploration of the transition from victims of childhood trauma, to perpetrators of trauma (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Phatsimo Mabophiwa

• A Zeminological Examination of the experiences of vulnerable children using Event Based and Visual timeline methodologies in Wales and Scotland. (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Tracey Sagar

• Reconceptualising justice for young adults in conflict with the law: Mapping the potential for social justice-based approaches in Wales (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Jane Williams

• An exploratory study of the challenges that arise when adults with autism spectrum disorder encounter the police and criminal justice system. (awarded 2022)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Dr Suzanne Edwards

• This has not yet been decided as it will need to reflect what can be achieved through the fieldwork (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Simon Hoffman

• To what extent does the existing Welsh devolution settlement enable youth offending teams to develop bespoke and innovative approaches to youth justice in Wales? (current)

  PhD

  Other supervisor: Prof Simon Hoffman

  Other supervisor: Prof Rick Lines

• ASC110 Law, Criminal Justice and Human Rights

  This module will introduce students to basic legal concepts such as the Rule of Law and due process and provides an understanding of the powers of the state, the UK legal framework and the law making process in England and Wales. In particular, the module will consider the UK constitution, the supremacy of Parliament, the impact of the European legal framework on the UK, the components and operation of the criminal justice, and civil liberties and human rights. The module also aims to help students understand the components, functions and key actors in the criminal justice system in England and Wales and will explore the relationship between the state and the citizen and the nature of human rights and civil liberties.

• ASC303 Critical Challenges in Justice for Children

  This module critically explores law, policy, theory and practice that relates to the way that children who are in conflict with the law are treated by the 'youth justice system'. Key foci within the module are: the development of youth justice approaches; the relationship between children's rights and youth justice; challenges to notions of childhood; the impact of devolution; and the influence of global perspectives concerning justice for children on the youth justice system in England and Wales.

• ASC351 Who’s, in, who’s out? Inclusion and Exclusion: Socio/Criminological Perspectives

  This module will engage students in a critical examination of the processes of exclusion and inclusion in contemporary society. Designed to enable students to apply and appreciate both sociological and criminological `lens¿ (including their overlap, distinct elements and complementarity, the module will examine and invite students to consider inclusion and exclusion in relation to topical social issues.

• ASCM19 Youth Justice and Children's Rights

  This module will provide students with a critical and thorough knowledge of youth justice and critical issues that are facing the youth justice system and those who come into contact with it. Through the module, the ways that law, policy and practice have evolved to enable forms of 'youth justice' will be explored, with a focus upon providing not just theoretical perspectives, but understandings of the way that 'youth justice' operates in an applied context.