Nicola Lloyd, Neighbourhood Justice Manager at West Midlands Police, talks to us about the Force’s innovative Alcohol Related Violence Course (ARVC) which is targeted at alcohol-related offences including assaults, public order and criminal damage.

Stephanie Kilili – Policy Officer, Office of the Durham Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner –  shared with us their adult diversion scheme aimed at helping offenders get on track with their lives and taking them out of the criminal justice system.

Here are our 7 priorities for community justice for the new Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland

The purpose of this briefing is to summarise the evidence to date on the impact of pre-court diversion for adults and to draw out some promising practice principles for those working in pre-court diversion schemes.  

We spoke to Durham's Checkpoint diversion project about the successes of their scheme, their advice for others setting up a similar scheme, and their ambitions for the future.

Judith Harwin, the Professor in Socio-legal studies at Lancaster University writes about recent meta-analysis of FDACs, reported by the What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care.

Victoria Warden, Deputy Manager of London Family Drug and Alcohol Court writes about the expansion of the court to serve nine London boroughs.

Jane Dunne,  the Service Manager at Coventry Family Drug and Alcohol Court writes about winning the Public Sector Children’s Team Award at the 2018 Children & Young People Now Awards.

Phil Bowen writes about a new project Mapping Innovation, looking at where practitioners are making change in the criminal justice system.

The Centre for Justice Innovation is proud to announce the launch of a pioneering study examining the barriers faced by those who have limited English skills when in contact with the criminal justice system.