Brian Leveson's Independent Review of the Criminal Courts proposes fewer jury trials and intermediate courts to tackle court backlogs.

Resolving crime out of court can meet many of these priorities for victims – and it often does. When it worked well, victims ...

Overcrowding, coupled with a lack of activity, caused boredom and frustration among prisoners, which heightened the demand ...

Recall decisions are largely at the discretion of probation officers with no clear structure to support decision-making.

Conclusions The key findings of Dame Carol’s analysis of revenue from the illicit drug market in England and Wales are: It is estimated that consumers in England and Wales spent £9.4 billion on drugs ...

T his is the latest in my new series of compendiums of the latest data and trends in the criminal justice system. Following compendiums on prisons, sentencing, and offender equalities, this edition ...

Context R ecent years have seen increased attention to both Neurodiversity as a general concept and social concern, and specifically to the way in which the CJS engages with individuals who are ...

Work and desistance Everyone knows that finding work is a key component to going straight; a factor which is confirmed by the evidence base. There are four key reasons why employment promotes ...

A s part of its 2020 European Drug Report published earlier this week, the EMCDDA also made available its annual statistical bulletin which contains the most recent available data on the drug ...

T his year marks 10 years since the Modern Slavery Act was introduced, yet many victim/survivors are still being punished by the very systems meant to protect them. A new briefing by Hibiscus and ...