Tragically, the PPO started investigations into 486 deaths last year, a 35% increase on the year before. 2 There were 398 ...

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

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

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

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

This is the fifth in a series of posts based on perhaps the most important drug-related report of the current century, Dame Carol Black’s Review of Drugs. Today’s post looks at the section from that ...

This 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 ...

Y esterday (14 May 2025), Clinks published the latest article in its online evidence library which I am lucky enough to curate. The evidence library was created to develop a far-reaching and ...

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 desistance: An individual ...

EMCDDA European Drug Report 2020 reveals the shocking levels of drug overdose deaths in the UK.