Alexandra Wigzell and Claire Paterson-Young provide insights into progressive desistance practice in youth justice.

Young adults and neurodivergent prisoners were overrepresented in use of force incidents, with 74% of those affected at ...

The working group’s report puts forward six recommendations – including an important change to the Parole Board test, which ...

T he Week in Justice is a short email digest of the latest news and views on criminal justice matters in the UK (mainly England & Wales). It shares interactive headlines on new policy announcements, ...

T his serves as a useful reminder for policymakers and campaigners to not only follow the evidence of ‘what works’, but also speak to the core beliefs of a public whose trust in the system will be ...

National Models and Greater Manchester’s Women’s Problem-Solving Courts T hese courts mark a shift in judicial practice as they aim to support women who are navigating underlying issues such as trauma ...

I am not a criminal. Sure, I have seventeen convictions to my name, but the reality is that I am just one of millions of people who have been let down by misinformed policies, biased interventions, ...

Albert Einstein (1952) once said, “I have no special talent. I am only profoundly curious,” capturing the mindset at the heart of professional curiosity. It’s not just a technical skill, but a deep, ...

L ast week (5 June 2025) the Ministry of Justice published a narrative review of the literation on intergenerational offendin g. Authored by Anna Kotova & Rachel Cordle, the report reviews the ...

T his is the eight (and, many readers will be glad to know, penultimate) in a series of posts looking into the detail of the Independent Sentencing Review whose main recommendations I summarised here.