Blogs | Centre for Justice Innovation

Acting on youth justice solutions: A Problem solving culture

Dominic Goble JP describes how Northamptonshire has adapted and developed its own community advice model for children appearing in their youth court.
Intelligent Fingerprinting – Q&A

We spoke to Paul Yates, from Intelligent Fingerprinting, about a new innovative and less invasive approach to drug testing.
Q&A with the Children's Court Youth Diversion programme in Australia

We spoke to Holly Mulligan and coordinators from the Children’s Court Youth Diversion programme about their diversion programme in Victoria, Australia.
Supporting pre-court diversion for adults

Innovative Practice Officer, Bami Jolaoso, shares how the Centre supports and promotes pre-court diversion for adults.j.
Q&A with Jasmin Meier

We spoke to Jasmin Meier, a Researcher and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist in training, about her research interviewing mothers at risk of recurrent care proceedings in FDAC.
A Q&A with Gemma Hatfield, Service Manager of the New Black Country FDAC

Albinia Stanley spoke to Gemma Hatfield, Service Manager of the Black Country FDAC about the service, its upcoming launch and COVID-19.
Honouring Judge Crichton’s legacy in family justice

Jo Tunnard (Independent consultant at RyanTunnardBrown, partners in the FDAC National Partnership at CJI) reflects on recent developments in Family Justice. She uses this moment to consider the broader legacy of pioneering judge Nick Crichton, ahead of an award in his honour next year.
Q&A with the Youth Justice Legal Centre

We spoke with Laura Cooper, a specialist youth justice lawyer and Co-Head of the Youth Justice Legal Centre.
Binding our wounds - reflections on race and the justice system

The Centre's Director, Phil Bowen shares some thoughts on the context behind the current Black Lives Matter protests and how we can respond to them.
Ahead of the game? The court response to Covid-19

The Centre's Director, Phil Bowen, considers the Lord Chief Justice's assessment that courts in England and Wales were 'ahead of the game' in their response to the Covid-19 crisis, drawing on the international observations presented in our new briefing 'Court responses to Coronavirus'.