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Nothing Is Ever Too Bad: Boys and the Adults Who Don’t Give Up with Professor Seán Redmond

Nothing Is Ever Too Bad: Boys and the Adults Who Don’t Give Up with Professor Seán Redmond7 Jul51 min

<p>In this wonderfully hopeful episode of To Be a Boy, Joeli speaks to Professor Seán Redmond about boys, belonging and how children can be drawn into criminal networks. Drawing on decades of youth justice experience and his landmark Greentown research, Seán explains why punishment alone rarely works — and why young people need accountability, safe spaces and trusted adults who believe nothing is ever too bad to talk about. He believes that things can always be fixed.</p><p><br></p><p>REPPP - Research Evidence into Policy, Programmes and Practice</p><p><a href="https://www.ul.ie/artsoc/ccjvs/research/youth-justice/reppp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.ul.ie/artsoc/ccjvs/research/youth-justice/reppp</a></p>