Probation

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Enhancing arts and culture in the criminal justice system

[National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance (2019)]

Report outlining the value of arts and culture in these criminal justice settings. Includes a toolkit with step-by-step guidance and principles of best practice.

Keywords: arts

Service user involvement in the review and improvement of probation services

[HMI Probation (2019)]

Research & Analysis Bulletin including findings on benefits and challenges highlighted by staff and by service users. Includes an annexe with prompt questions for focus groups/interviews. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis series].

Keywords: service user engagement

Learning disabilities: supporting people in the criminal justice system

[Nursing Times (2019)]

Article setting out challenges for people with learning disabilities trying to access health services via the criminal justice system, including recommendations on improving practice.

Keywords: learning disability

10 things about criminal records

[Unlock (2019)]

Guide for anyone doing ETE work with people with convictions.

Keywords: criminal records, ETE

Housing, and Living in the UK

[Unlock (2018)]

Everything you need to know about finding housing with a criminal record.

Keywords: criminal records, housing

Domestic abuse as a driver to women’s offending

[Prison Reform Trust (2017)]

Report identifying links between women’s experience of domestic and sexual abuse, as well as coercive relationships, and their offending. Includes a number of recommendations for various agencies to improve their practice in this area.

Keywords: female offenders

Mental health and criminal justice: Views from consultations across England & Wales

[Centre for Mental Health (2016)]

Report by the Centre for Mental Health on mental health services in the criminal justice systems, with recommendations for policy and practice at national and local levels.

Keywords: mental health

Review on the Care and Management of Transgender Offenders

[Ministry of Justice (2016)]

Report of a review on the care and management of transgender offenders, which found that “the treatment of transgender people… has not kept pace with the development of a more general understanding of the issues surrounding gender in society”.

Keywords: transgender

What works in reducing reoffending in young adults?

[HMPPS (2015)]

Report examining ‘what works’ in reducing reoffending by young adult offenders (between 18 and 25 years), based on a review of ten studies. Identifies particular areas of higher impact approaches.

Keywords: reducing reoffending

Former members of the armed forces and the criminal justice system

[Ministry of Justice (2015)]

Report conducted by Stephen Phillips QC MP on behalf of the Ministry of Justice, and the Government’s response to it.

Keywords: veterans