Sean Creaney

Sean Creaney is Lecturer in Childhood Studies at the Centre for Education and Applied Social Sciences at Stockport College, where he teaches youth justice theory, law, policy and practice. Prior to this, Sean worked at a North West Youth Offending Service.

Guilt by association, the Supreme Court will rule

This Thursday the Supreme Court will rule on controversial joint enterprise laws, which allow people to be imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.

By Sean Creaney and Janet Cunliffe

/ 16 Feb 2016

Predicting criminality: youth justice and early intervention

Youth justice policy in England is focused on risk, leading young people to be labelled as 'pre-criminals' and intervention undertaken before they have broken the law. Is this a kafkaesque nightmare, or a common sense approach to stopping crime before it occurs?

By Sean Creaney

/ 4 Oct 2012