
Providing support to victims
Despite its focus on tackling the prison overcrowding crisis, the Independent Sentence Review dedicates a chapter to providing support to victims.
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Despite its focus on tackling the prison overcrowding crisis, the Independent Sentence Review dedicates a chapter to providing support to victims.

Official stats for 2024 show increase in numbers going through the CJS and a big increase in community resolutions.

The Neurodivergence in Criminal Justice Network (NICJN) reviews the evidence on working with neurodivergent people in contact with the criminal justice system

NPC report report explores what funding streams from statutory and philanthropic funders exist, and how they reach voluntary organisations.

The YJB’s first ever serious incident report highlights that children involved in serious violence are often victims of the challenging circumstances in which they live.

New MoJ report synthesises the evidence on interventions to reduce reoffending.

Hibiscus briefing shows how victims/survivors of Modern Slavery are being criminalised and imprisoned for crimes they were forced to commit.

Russell Webster’s traditional Bank Holiday criminal justice quiz, Easter 2025 edition.

Citizens’ panel convened by Prison Reform Trust calls for comprehensive reform to sentencing

Clinks annual State of the Sector chronicles trends in the voluntary sector working in criminal justice

A systematic literature review on the impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide.

Latest court statistics show backlogs in both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts growing in the last quarter.