Publications

This report – which we co-authored with the Youth Endowment Fund – provides guidance on how to deliver diversion effectively for children and young people. 

The third Family Drug and Alcohol Courts annual report pulls together key figures on the activity and impact of these courts over 2024.

This report presents compiled data shared by the 13 FDACs in England for the period 1 October to 31 December 2024, to offer a live picture of the circumstances facing families in FDAC, the work that is done to support them and the outcomes that have been achieved.

This briefing aims to support practitioners seeking to develop or improve gender-specific pre-court diversion schemes. 

This briefing provides practice principles to improve the use of out of court resolutions for young adults aged 18-24.
 

The Centre's response to the Independent Sentencing Review.

This report presents compiled data shared by the 13 FDACs in England for the period 1 July to 30 September 2024, to offer a live picture of the circumstances facing families in FDAC, the work that is done to support them and the outcomes that have been achieved.

This report presents compiled data shared by the 13 FDACs in England for the period 1 April to 30 June 2024, to offer a live picture of the circumstances facing families in FDAC, the work that is done to support them and the outcomes that have been achieved.

This financial benefits tool, developed by the Centre for Justice Innovation and Mutual Ventures on behalf of the Department of Education, is intended to support existing FDACs and the local authorities (LAs) they support, as well as LAs considering implementing an FDAC. The tool is designed to provide an estimate of the relative costs and financial benefits of a local FDAC service.

This paper is a summary of our financial analysis, ‘FDAC: The Case for Investment’, which is available in full here.