Here you can find over 500 posts tracking every major development in criminal justice since 2011. You can track crime trends, court modernisation and digitisation programmes and the impact of austerity. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
Agenda Alliance calls for specialist support for girls and young women most at risk of poverty, abuse, poor mental health and contact with the criminal justice system.
Amy Kirby & Jessica Jacobson provides evidence-based best practice advice on procedural justice in the courts for the Clinks Evidence Library.
Centre for Justice Innovation calls for consistent community diversion schemes across the country.
The Youth Justice Board Annual Report highlights the key trends for children in contact with the justice system.
Guest post by Nola Sterling on the ELEVATE CJS lived experience leadership programme.
Fair Trials finds young people pressured to plead guilty without fully understanding the life-changing consequences of their decision.
Revolving Doors on how neurodivergence affects people who are in repeat contact with the justice system for low-level offences, and how neurodivergence is a form of multiple disadvantage.
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies provides an encyclopaedic definition of the UK criminal justice systems and their governance, inspection, complaints systems and accountability.
Home Office and MoJ will use facial recognition smartwatches to monitor foreign offenders.
The Centre for Women’s Justice argues for a comprehensive legal, policy and practice framework to protect victims of domestic abuse from unjust criminalisation.
“Swift, Certain, Tough” Government white paper promises new consequences for drug possession.
