Areas of Focus | Centre for Justice Innovation

The Centre for Justice Innovation champions practice innovation and evidence-led policy reform in a variety of areas.

Community sentences

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We work to improve the use and effectiveness of community sentences, and reduce the use of short prison sentences.

Family drug and alcohol courts

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We work to improve outcomes for children and families

Court reform

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We work to help courts innovate in response to shifting demand, scarce resources and technological change.

Diversion

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We work to improve the use and effectiveness of pre-court diversion to keep communities safer.

Improving fairness

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We work to improve perceptions of fairness and legitimacy in the justice system.

Problem solving

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We work to encourage court reform that goes beyond processing cases to solve the problems that bring people to court.

Technology

Scales of Justice

We work to identify how emerging technologies can reshape and improve the justice system.

Violence reduction

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We work to reduce violence through the promotion of evidence based approaches

Mapping Innovation

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We work to promote the best of Britain’s innovative justice practice.