Publications

This research explores how children and young people who have received diversionary interventions or out of court disposals, with a particular focus on how they perceived their ethnicity to have impacted the youth justice process and outcome.

This paper sets out a comprehensive, evidence-led framework for diversion for drugs possession offences across England and Wales. 

This report presents an evaluation of the Westminster Specialist Domestic Abuse Court conducted by the Centre for Justice Innovation. 

This briefing seeks to inform the development of the Specialist Sexual Violence Court (SSVC) pilots and other projects to address the response to sexual violence in the criminal justice system.

This toolkit is for practitioners who are involved in, or are considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system, and offers evidence-led practical advice, based on lessons learnt from existing schemes.

This report seeks to inform the development of appropriate advice and support services through qualitative research with people in low level contact with the justice system who have sought help for social welfare needs. 

The first Family Drug and Alcohol Courts annual report pulls together key figures on the activity and impact of these courts over the last year.

This briefing outlines how policymakers can take a bold national approach to address the inconsistent coverage of community diversion, and strengthen the practice of this important area of police work.

This evidence and practice briefing outlines what police forces should think about when commissioning pre-court diversion interventions.

This briefing seeks to help FDAC practitioners and judges understand the basics and evidence around non-lawyer reviews, how to prepare for them and promising practice principles.