Professor Anthony Charles

Professor

Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy

a.d.charles@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Office - 333
Third Floor
Keir Hardie Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2573-9464

About

Anthony is Professor of Youth Justice.

Areas Of Expertise

Youth justice
Devolution and youth justice policy
Children's rights
Children's participation in decision making
Public Criminology and Legal Education
Human rights-based research methodologies

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Anthony's main teaching interests are:

Youth justice

Children's rights

Participatory and co-production methodologies

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

King, D. & Charles, A. (n.d.) Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Revealing the Plight of a Hidden Population and Recognising Challenges with the Implementation of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984). Criminal Justice Ethics
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70126
Charles, A., Dyer, F., Bateman, T., Kilkelly, U., Galli, M., Mclean, H., Vaswani, N., & Haydon, D. (2024). Rights Respecting Justice for Children in Conflict with the Law: Briefing Paper from the Rights Respecting Group in the UK, Jersey and Ireland
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65452
https://www.cycj.org.uk/resource/rights-respecting-justice-for-children-in-conflict-with-the-law/
Charles, A., Hampson, K., Case, S., & Brown, A. (2024). Challenging Notions of Children’s “Participation” in the Youth Justice System. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 32(1), 9-44.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-32010002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65097
Jones, D., Jones, M., Strudwick, K., & Charles, A. (Eds.). (2023). Public Criminology: Reimagining Public Education and Research Practice. Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42167-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65072
Charles, A. (2023). Enhanced case management evaluation: phase one report
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64808

All Research

Journal Articles

Charles, A., Hampson, K., Case, S., & Brown, A. (2024). Challenging Notions of Children’s “Participation” in the Youth Justice System. The International Journal of Children’s Rights, 32(1), 9-44.
https://doi.org/10.1163/15718182-32010002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65097
Brown, A. & Charles, A. (2021). The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility: The Need for a Holistic Approach’. Youth Justice, 21(2), 147322541989378
https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225419893782, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52705
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
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
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
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
Haines, K., Case, S., Davies, K., & Charles, A. (2013). The Swansea Bureau: A model of diversion from the Youth Justice System. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 41(2), 167-187.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlcj.2013.04.002, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15032
King, D. & Charles, A. (n.d.) Autistic Spectrum Disorder: Revealing the Plight of a Hidden Population and Recognising Challenges with the Implementation of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984). Criminal Justice Ethics
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70126

Book Chapters

Charles, A. & Mabophiwa, P. (2023). The impact of children's engagement in public education in criminology.. In Prof Debbie Jones, Mark Jones, Dr Katie Strudwick and Dr Anthony Charles (Ed.), Public Criminology: Reimagining Public Education and Research Practice. (pp. 59-95). Palgrave Macmillan
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42167-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64057

Edited Books

Jones, D., Jones, M., Strudwick, K., & Charles, A. (Eds.). (2023). Public Criminology: Reimagining Public Education and Research Practice. Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42167-9, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65072

Other Research Outputs

Charles, A., Dyer, F., Bateman, T., Kilkelly, U., Galli, M., Mclean, H., Vaswani, N., & Haydon, D. (2024). Rights Respecting Justice for Children in Conflict with the Law: Briefing Paper from the Rights Respecting Group in the UK, Jersey and Ireland
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65452
https://www.cycj.org.uk/resource/rights-respecting-justice-for-children-in-conflict-with-the-law/
Charles, A. (2023). Enhanced case management evaluation: phase one report
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64808
Charles, A., Williams, J., & Mabophiwa, P. (2022). Project Evolve: Exploring the Potential of Music-Based Support for Young People
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64056
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
Charles, A. (2011). Young people's participation in everyday decision making
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa17772

Supervision

Reforming Care, Withdrawing Support: Exploring the Dual Impact of Policy Change and Cuts to Community Services on Care-Experienced Children in South Wales (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Matthew Howell
‘Falling through the gaps: Evaluating, through the lens of human dignity, how the law, policies and practice of the devolved Welsh government, impacts the ability of learning-disabled and/or autistic children and young people and their parent-carers, to realise their human rights.’ (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Simon Hoffman
An exploration of the effectiveness of standardised assessment tools in identifying and responding to the risk factors of childhood trauma in the likelihood of individuals coming into the Criminal Justice System. (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Phatsimo Mabophiwa
Cynefin A Zemiological Examination into Vulnerable Children in Wales and Scotland (awarded 2025)

PhD

Other supervisor: Dr Joseph Janes
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
To what extent does the existing Welsh devolution settlement enable youth offending teams to develop bespoke and innovative approaches to youth justice in Wales? (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Simon Hoffman

Other supervisor: Prof Rick Lines

Taught Modules

ASP301 Principles of Social Policy

This module analyses the key values and principles underpinning social policies in Western democracies. The module discusses the social construction of social problems and theoretical accounts of power and hegemony. It critically examines the contributions of the work of influential contemporary theorists with respect to the concepts of justice, rights, needs, liberty, equality, diversity and citizenship. The module also considers the role of these concepts in shaping the contours of social policy and the relationship between the individual and the state.

Professor Anthony Charles

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Welsh language proficiency

Research Links

About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Publications

Research Highlights

All Research

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Edited Books

Other Research Outputs

Supervision

Reforming Care, Withdrawing Support: Exploring the Dual Impact of Policy Change and Cuts to Community Services on Care-Experienced Children in South Wales (current)

‘Falling through the gaps: Evaluating, through the lens of human dignity, how the law, policies and practice of the devolved Welsh government, impacts the ability of learning-disabled and/or autistic children and young people and their parent-carers, to realise their human rights.’ (current)

An exploration of the effectiveness of standardised assessment tools in identifying and responding to the risk factors of childhood trauma in the likelihood of individuals coming into the Criminal Justice System. (current)

Cynefin A Zemiological Examination into Vulnerable Children in Wales and Scotland (awarded 2025)

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

To what extent does the existing Welsh devolution settlement enable youth offending teams to develop bespoke and innovative approaches to youth justice in Wales? (awarded 2023)

Taught Modules

ASP301 Principles of Social Policy