In this blog, Dr Laura Buckley from HMI Probation writes about service user involvement within probation services.
Samantha Starmer, Service Manager at Cumbria Youth Offending Service, shared with us the work they are doing in their youth Triage scheme.
Michael Whitley, Drug Recovery Programme Adviser at Holme House Prisons talks to us about the innovative approaches taken by the prison to better help prisoners.
This document highlights some of the main challenges facing the criminal justice system and provides practical innovative solutions that prospective Police and Crime Commissioners could include in their manifestos for the 2020 elections.
This evidence and practice briefing outlines the research on labelling theory, sets out a practitioner’s advice for minimising labelling, and gives a young person’s insight into being labelled.
In Perth and Kincross, there has been a different approach to youth justice as exemplified by the Resilient, Engaged, Achieving, Confident, Healthy (REACH) team. As an edge of care multidisciplinary team, REACH provides intensive support to families with young people experiencing multiple complex needs. In most cases, there is a high chance of the young person – usually between the age of 12 and 18 years – becoming accommodated away from home or in care.
We spoke with Lindsay Ryan, Justice Team Leader, about the SDS project which is expanding after a successful pilot in 2018.
Albinia Stanley, Family Justice Practice Officer at the Centre, writes about the Department for Education's announcement releasing new innovation funding for the expansion of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court model.
We previously spoke with Tammy Banks, CEO of re:shape, a programme that worked with those at risk of causing sexual harm. Despite this project no longer being operational due to funding, we hope that this work can continue to inspire future innovative practice.
A holistic approach to preventing sexual harm
We spoke with Geraldine O’Hare, Director of Probation for Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI), about this innovative practice taking place within Northern Ireland. After a successful pilot of the ECO in the Ards and Armagh & South Down Court Divisions in October 2015, it has now been expanded to the North West and more of Northern Ireland.