This blog is a condensed version of Phil Bowen's essay in the Monument Book 'Crime and Consequence', available for free here.

A system that works for children, not against them, meaning a better deal for children in Gloucestershire.

A 24 year old man from London writes about his experience of police custody.

As our Map of Innovative Practice expands to cover Scotland and Northern Ireland, Centre Director Phil Bowen reflects on the imaginative work being done in Northern Ireland.

We spoke to Trina Robson, director of Love Barrow Families, a Community Interest Company based in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria.

“It wasn’t like the experience I’d had of the criminal court. Very early on a relationship started to build up. I was given the opportunity to speak and build up this relationship with the judge, the social worker and the professionals. I knew what was happening. I knew the plan. It makes me want to cry thinking back to it. I was given the opportunity to speak about myself, and to learn, and to gain trust.” [Parent]

In response to the Public Family Law Group's interim report on on achieving best practice in the Child Protection and Family Justice Systems, this briefing lays out the Centre's vision, with special reference to the evidence and practice of problem-solving courts and wider problem-solving justice initiatives.

We spoke to Dr. Jadwiga Leigh about this innovative parenting programme that she leads in Stockport in the North-West of England. To date, they have worked with 79 families but this number is forever growing.

The Origins of New Beginnings

This guidance contains information about key issues in order to help you decide whether, when and how to establish a local FDAC. It is intended for a variety of stakeholders including children's services, local authority commissioners and courts.