Releasing Potential: High Learning Potential in the Youth Justice System – Executive Summary (2012)

Alongside emotional and social difficulties, gifted children in the criminal justice system often come from a background of little stability, disruptive educational careers and no clear guidance for their future. This research report executive summary, from 2012, considers the hypothesis that many young offenders have high learning potential and that identifying and working with young people in the criminal justice system with high learning potential, who may not display traditional or academic giftedness, may prevent reoffending and keep them from embarking on a criminal career.