Blogs

This article explains how the Ministry of Justice’s new bill will affect diversion and out of court disposals, and the Centre's hopes and concerns for this planned reform. 

We spoke with Joanne Preston, Inspector for Deferred Prosecutions at Merseyside police about their new Deferred Prosecutions scheme.

We spoke with Katy Swaine Williams, research and policy consultant, who has been working to support the development of a new problem-solving approach in London for women in contact with the criminal justice system.

The Centre coordinates professional forums for practitioners from the fourteen different Family, Drug and Alcohol Court sites.

Dominic Goble JP describes how Northamptonshire has adapted and developed its own community advice model for children appearing in their youth court.

We spoke to Paul Yates, from Intelligent Fingerprinting, about a new innovative and less invasive approach to drug testing. 

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

Innovative Practice Officer, Bami Jolaoso, shares how the Centre supports and promotes pre-court diversion for adults.

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.