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.

We spoke to Vicky Day, Head of Prevention and Rehabilitation at Norfolk’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC), about the WONDER project in Norfolk.

Sam Sanderson, Project Manager at Sussex Criminal Justice Board and Police and Crime Commissioner, told us about their Whole Systems Approach  project focusing on women in the Criminal Justice System.

In response to the ‘Justice Select Committee inquiry on HMCTS Court and Tribunal reforms, this briefing lays out the Centre’s view on online and virtual court hearings.