This briefing examines how the nine existing FDACs across England are adapting to service delivery during the current crisis. It highlights the practical challenges facing practitioners, judges and families, and shines a light on specific solutions that have been developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jane Dunne shares her experience running a Problem Solving Court under COVID-19.

This page contains a list of helpful resources and templates for practitioners to support the implementation of pre-court diversion schemes.

Our Director, Phil Bowen, introduces CJI’s tracker of how justice systems around the world are adapting to the COVID-19 outbreak.

We spoke with Michael Heaney, an Assistant Director at the Youth Justice Agency in Northern Ireland.

Ashley Kilgallon, Project Manager of Turning Point in North West BCU, spoke to us about their youth diversion scheme.

This month’s guest blogger puts the spotlight on how he feels stereotypes and prejudice can strain the relationship between the police and the communities they serve.

This briefing explains how Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDAC) offer an alternative way of dealing with legal cases where the Local Authority think that a child might need to be removed from their parents’ due to their alcohol or substance misuse. It considers the problems that FDAC is intended to address, the financial implications and the policy context.

This new briefing aims to support practitioners seeking to develop or improve gender-specific pre-court diversion. It lays out the evidence base around women’s offending and the specific needs of women, explores what we know about effective working with female offenders, and provides examples of diversion schemes tailored for women.