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On Probation

Transitional Safeguarding

Transitional Safeguarding – a more fluid approach which recognises that transition to adulthood goes beyond an 18th birthday.

young offenders
Criminal Justice

Examining our youth justice system

Crest Advisory report analyses what drove the falls in first time entrants and custody in the youth justice system and asks what we should do as a result.

Mentors for Switchback

Switchback Mentors Starting Salary £24,500 Switchback is a small, innovative charity whose aim is to keep young adult

On Probation

What went wrong with community sentences?

Crest Advisory analyses the decline & fall of community sentences with Magistrates’ lack of information and confidence in them a key problem, exacerbated by TR.

Prison

The shocking state of men’s prisons

It will be interesting to see whether the appointment of Michael Gove as Justice Secretary will have any impact on this parlous state of affairs. Clearly, the problems are becoming so entrenched that it will be difficult for much positive change to take place if, as is widely feared, the MoJ takes another big hit in the current spending review whose results will be announced in November 2015.

On Probation

If Rob Allen were Justice Secretary…

The Coalition’s policy of making prison “not smaller but cheaper” has left the system in a parlous state, endangering prisoners, staff and the wider public. An urgent rebalancing of penal policy is required to create an affordable and effective approach to people in conflict with the law.

Youth & Inclusion Worker

Overview The Forward Trust, are a UK leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment services to offenders. We

Criminal Justice

Devolving Justice in practice

Crest Advisory examines justice devolution via four case studies (Avon & Somerset, Greater Manchester, London & West Mids).

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