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Biography
Dr Rod Earle is Senior Lecturer in Youth Justice in the Faculty of Health & Social Care at The Open University. Prior to his academic career Rod worked as a printer in Norwich and as a youth justice social worker for the London Borough of Lambeth.
He maintains a variety of research interests around youth justice. In 2015 he completed, with OU colleague Wayne Taylor, an evaluation of the Milton Keynes Enterprise Mentors project, funded by The Cabinet Office Vulnerable and Deprived Young People's Fund. Rod worked with the Welsh Youth Justice Academic Advisory Group (WYJAAG) to help produce their report on the prospects and options of developing distinctive approaches to young people's offending behaviour in Wales (2022/3). He has also been a member of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) Academic Liaison Group since 2019.
He maintains a variety of research interests around youth justice. In 2015 he completed, with OU colleague Wayne Taylor, an evaluation of the Milton Keynes Enterprise Mentors project, funded by The Cabinet Office Vulnerable and Deprived Young People's Fund. Rod worked with the Welsh Youth Justice Academic Advisory Group (WYJAAG) to help produce their report on the prospects and options of developing distinctive approaches to young people's offending behaviour in Wales (2022/3). He has also been a member of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) Academic Liaison Group since 2019.
Biographical details correct as of 21.05.26