First findings from intensive supervision courts
Process evaluation of the pilot intensive supervision courts
Pressures on new probation staff hamper retention
Probation inspectorate finds current pressures on new probation staff counterproductive to long-term retention.
Learning Disabilities offending behaviour programmes
Uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Learning Disabilities offending behaviour programmes
Kaizen programme for violent men shows promise
An uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Kaizen programme for violent men shows promise.
Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children
Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.
2025 – the year ahead in criminal justice
What’s on the horizon for 2025 in the world of criminal justice?
Unpaid work in the unified probation service
MoJ evaluation of unpaid work in the unified probation service
Electronic Monitoring of Domestic Abuse Perpetrators on Licence
Research finds electronic monitoring of domestic abuse perpetrators on licence is a helpful tool but data is not easily accessible
The latest (2024) drug trends
The latest drug trends for the year ending March 2024 show small reductions in cannabis and crack cocaine use
Drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings
Research into the lived experience of drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings (ISFLs) in three prisons
Criminal Court Review
Government announces independent review of the Criminal Courts to be carried out by Sir Brian Leveson.
14,000 more prison places by 2031
MoJ publishes 10-year prison capacity strategy promising 14,000 more prison places by 2031.