More needs to be done to make domestic violence perpetrators accountable: Specialist domestic violence courts can bring perpetrators to justice by using sentencer reviews.
The next decade of court innovation should be about a swift, certain and fair justice system where a court case is seen as a window of opportunity to tackle the factors that lead to crime.
There is a wealth of practice-led innovation in the criminal justice sector, and a huge capacity for more if we can support the practitioners with the great ideas working on the frontline.
Drug courts are a cheaper and more effective way for the criminal justice system to deal with people addicted to drugs who would otherwise go to prison. Phil Bowen compares America and the UK.