The golden thread of procedural fairness is the key to court innovation

The next decade of court innovation should be about a swift, certain and fair justice system where a court case is seen as a window of opportunity to tackle the factors that lead to crime.

Exploring the reasons why it has been hard to innovate in the criminal justice system and tracking down the individuals breaking the mould.

Creative people with a social mission are at the heart of criminal justice innovation.

There is a wealth of practice-led innovation in the criminal justice sector, and a huge capacity for more if we can support the practitioners with the great ideas working on the frontline.

We conducted a review of English and Welsh Specialist Domestic Violence Courts in 2013. Our analysis of current practice in these specialist courts suggests that significant gains have been made since 2005 when they were set up.

Anton Shelupanov writes after his trip to the Hague on how we can learn important lessons on innovating from the international civil justice sector.

Drug courts are a cheaper and more effective way for the criminal justice system to deal with people addicted to drugs who would otherwise go to prison. Phil Bowen compares America and the UK.

Our new case study on drug courts shows dedicated court sittings and post-sentence supervision enhances the DRR.

New evaluation of the Red Hook court shows that procedural fairness has improved the legitimacy of the court in the eyes of the court users.