Blogs

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.

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.

Guest blogger Roma Hooper writes how Better Courts poses challenging questions about our existing courts but also offers opportunities for an improved system.

Plymouth Court's innovation in the shape of an advice and support desk demonstrates that courts can use their central position to contribute to a more humane and effective criminal justice system.

Our new report Better Courts outlines the evidence that the use of short periods of custody with community supervision as a sanction for failure to comply has been shown to reduce re-offending.