This report maps the existing alternatives to coercive sanctions for people found in possession of controlled drugs for personal use in Ireland. The report was commissioned and published by Strategic Implementation Group 5 (SIG-5), a subcommittee within the National Drugs Strategy structures, and produced by the Centre for Justice Innovation.
This strategic policy paper sets out our ten-point plan to reform our criminal justice system. We call on the new Government to, first, protect the system from overloading and then fundamentally shift how our criminal justice system operates and put it on a path toward recovery.
This analysis, developed according to the Green Book guidance issued by HM Treasury, clearly demonstrates that the Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC) model provides value for money and generates significant savings to the family justice system (predominantly local authorities) in comparison to standard care proceedings. The analysis concludes that FDAC costs £18,000 per case and produces an average direct benefit saving per case of £74,068, hence making a compelling financial and economic case for investment in FDAC.
This review of publicly held data on court fines and those who receive them is part of our research project looking at the impact of court fines on people on low incomes, summarised in our report, 'Where the hell am I going to get that money from?: The impact of court fines on people on low incomes'.
This report explores how diversion processes are working for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and what can be done to ensure they have the appropriate access to diversion.
This briefing, commissioned by the Youth Endowment Fund, aims to provide an overview of the national inspection frameworks (including joint inspections) that currently exist to monitor the delivery of diversion work undertaken by YJSs and the police, summarise findings and recommendations from recent inspection reports, and outline recommendations for improvements regarding the types of inspections and how these are undertaken as suggested by police, YJS practitioners and inspectors.
This briefing, commissioned by the Youth Endowment Fund, provides an overview of youth diversion data; who collects this data and what it includes, an assessment of the current data available and recommendations for improvement.
This toolkit is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a diversion scheme for children in contact with the youth justice system. This is the Centre's 6th edition of the toolkit, published in 2024.
