👀 Whether you’re an expert, activist, or just passionate about improving the criminal justice system, come join the conversation! 🌟🙌

👀 We've already held these events at the Reform & Liberal Democrats conferences, which resulted in great discussions. Next up:

📌 Greens Bournemouth: Sat 4 Oct, 9:00-10:00
📌 Conservatives Manchester: Wed 8 Oct, 9:00-10:30 (please note this event has been rescheduled)

Our event ‘Breaking Through the Noise’, in collaboration with Common Ground Justice Project, brings together political commentators, MPs & third sector reps to discuss breaking through the polarised debate on crime and punishment and restoring trust in our justice system. 💡🤝

🚨 The Centre goes to party conferences in search of finding common ground on crime and punishment. 🏛️💬

Join us tomorrow 10-11AM for an info session on the current Expression of Interest process for Intensive Supervision Courts.

Sign up to hear from Hannah Fisher (@hmpps) & Rosie Melville (@MoJGovUK), & to hear about our new ISC implementation framework.

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Sign up for our next Expert Voices event on the 17th September, 13:00-14:00.

We are delighted to be joined by Jude Eyre, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory Associate Director (Strategy & Delivery), His Honour Judge Entwistle & Her Honour Judge Carole Burgher.

Sign up here:
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Last chance to sign up for today's Expert Voices event at 10.00!

We are delighted to be joined by Oliver Fredrickson & Judge Ida Malosi who will share their expertise and insights on the development and growth of problem-solving courts in New Zealand.

Sign up: ow.ly/GWSi50WNlOP

Join us for our next Expert Voices on problem-solving courts in New Zealand next week on the 28th!

We are delighted to be joined by Oliver Fredrickson & Judge Ida Malosi who will share their expertise and insights. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/expert-voi...

We've also updated our evidence & practice briefing on problem-solving courts (PSCs) for women.

This aims to support practitioners by providing an overview of existing PSC approaches to female offending & a set of implementation lessons for operating a WPSC.

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Our new financial analysis of WPSCs finds that the average annual cost of a WPSC placement is £11,325 compared to £13,386 for a six-month custodial sentence, and that through use of WPSC instead of custody, a financial break-even point is reached after just 78 days in prison.

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These include removing barriers to effective participation, improving access to advice & support at court & implementing strategies such as the trauma-responsive approaches seen in women’s problem-solving courts (WPSCs)

We also publish 2 new papers adding to the evidence & practice base for WPSCs⬇️

Our new evidence briefing highlights the multiple & intersecting needs faced by women attending criminal court as defendants, victims, or witnesses, and highlights opportunities to improve women’s experiences of court & ensure that the courts can better meet their needs.

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Our new briefing looks at the Crime & Policing Bill currently passing through Parliament.

It outlines evidence strongly suggesting that Respect Orders, a new civil order to tackle anti-social behaviour, will have a range of back-fire effects & offers evidence-backed alternatives

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Our latest report featured by the brilliant Russell Webster ⬇️

Join us on Monday 14th July to hear all about our findings, alongside Phillip Bowen & Emily Spurrell. Sign up now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1417453324...

In this new blog, our Director, Phillip Bowen, reflects on part one of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, and how we can deliver a courts system shift.

Read it here: justiceinnovation.org/articles/hal...

Catch up on our recent Expert Voices event looking at the value of HOPE in the Family Justice System, where we heard from Claire Mason, Centre for Child & Family Justice Research, a HOPE Project Mother & Helen Davies, Birmingham & Solihull FDAC.

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Excellent new resource on the use of Out of Court Disposals in the Youth Justice System by @yjlcuk.bsky.social providing an overview of the OOCDs available to children and the law and guidance around the decision-making process.

Access the legal guide here: ow.ly/EBVE50Wjbey

Join us for our next Expert Voices event looking at the value of HOPE in the Family Justice System.

We're delighted to be joined by Giving HOPE Project experts:
Claire Mason, Centre for Child & Family Justice Research
HOPE Mothers
Helen Davies, B&S FDAC

Find out more & sign up:
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To launch this research, our Head of Evidence and Data , Stephen Whitehead, chaired an event with Dr Anna Leyland, senior researcher, Caroline Adams (College of Policing) & Charlene Richardson (Safer Options Manager at Bristol Violence Reduction Unit).

Catch up here:
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Our new research report, produced with @centreforcare.bsky.social, looks at the risks children in contact with the social care system face that could result in criminal justice involvement & explores practical responses to mitigate these.

Read it in full:
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Today's Sentencing Review suggests a radical shift away from the use of prison and into an expanded use of community justice.

Phil Bowen, Director of the Centre, reflects on what this means and what must come next to shift the system in our new blog:

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The shift needed to move cases from an overloaded prison system into our overloaded probation & community system can only be done safely & effectively with investment of political will, patience & funding.

Our Director's @telegraphnews.bsky.social article on the Sentencing Review:
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Next week we launch our new research with @centreforcare.bsky.social on reducing the risk of CJS involvement for children in contact with the care system.

Sign up to hear from Anna Leyland, senior researcher, Caroline Adams, @CollegeofPolice & Charlene Richardson, Safer Options.

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“To be listened to... and actually heard” - Women's perspectives on effective substance use treatment and support
@cjinnovation.bsky.social explores what a better system of substance use treatment would look like from the perspective of women in treatment.
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