The purpose of this briefing is to summarise the evidence to date on the impact of pre-court diversion for adults and to draw out some promising practice principles for those working in pre-court diversion schemes.
In response to the ‘Justice Select Committee inquiry on HMCTS Court and Tribunal reforms, this briefing lays out the Centre’s view on online and virtual court hearings.
These service standards describe the key elements of an FDAC service. This was developed by the now closed FDAC National Unit under Department of Education funding.
This handbook provides practitioners with comprehensive information and a set of tools about FDAC operations. This was developed by the now closed FDAC National Unit under Department of Education funding.
This report explores what has changed in the relationship between sentencers and probation services over the past five years and provides recommendations for change.
This toolkit is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a point-of-arrest diversion scheme for young people in contact with the criminal justice system.
This briefing provides findings from interviews with 21 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 with recent experience of attending magistrates’ court. The aim was to learn about how they experienced court as well as get their views on improvements.
In response to the ‘Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence’ consultation held by the Ministry of Justice, this briefing lays out the Centre’s vision for a new strategy for effective community supervision.
