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Join us on the 26th February from 12.15-13.15 for our next Expert Voices event exploring the realities of retail crime & what works to reduce it.

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🚨 Retail crime has risen up the public & political agenda, attracting media attention driving the idea of a growing “crime wave”. Headlines suggest that theft goes unpunished, while the Government is pursuing longer sentence lengths for shoplifting via the Crime & Policing Bill.

💡But what is actually driving these trends- and how can the justice system respond in a way that is both fair and effective?

This event will explore what is happening behind the headlines. Find out more and sign up here: ow.ly/PFoy50Y5sGs

📢New research on how @CASS_PLUS supports those representing themselves in the family courts!

🤝We found that the support CASS+ provides is having a positive impact, both for clients & the courts.

🧵Find out more and see the full research below⬇️

💡In our new evaluation report, we spoke to stakeholders from the judiciary and the courts service & analysed available data to understand the problems the service seeks to address, how it supports its clients, and the impact it is having.

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💡Our new evaluation briefing summarises both this evaluation and one undertaken by Wilkinson Evaluation.

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🚨Sign up for our Expert Voices event tomorrow 12.30-13.30!

💡Drawing on our new research, we'll explore the barriers facing litigants in person, their impact on the individuals involved & the wider system, & how @CASS_PLUS has sought to support them.

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📢Join the @CJInnovation Expert Voices online event on 27 Jan, 12:30–1:30pm. Discover the difference we've made for litigants in person in the family courts.
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🔔New research on Family Drug & Alcohol Courts!

💡Our evidence & practice briefing aims to support FDAC practitioners & local authority colleagues in decision-making about which families are deemed eligible for & should be referred to FDAC.

Access here: ow.ly/WO0m50XX9jf

The briefing:

💡Clarifies eligibility criteria- summarising the evidence
💡Provides practical guidance for eligibility decisions
💡Provides clinical guidance & support to ensure consistency
💡Explores how factors e.g. trauma, implicit biases & inequalities may affect decisions

🔔Come & work with us!

👀We are recruiting for a creative & pragmatic policy professional to help us advocate for evidence-based reform to UK criminal & family justice systems.

See our Policy Officer vacancy & apply here by the 12th January👇

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Looking for a new job in the New Year?
@CJInnovation is looking for a new policy officer: russellwebster.com/job/cjipol1225/

🔔 Exciting update from The JABBS Foundation for Women and Girls on the extension of the Effective Women's Centres Partnership and the next phase of this work, the Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) Expansion Programme.

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💡 The Women’s Risk Needs Assessment (WRNA) is a gender-informed and trauma-responsive assessment tool for women in the justice system. This new programme aims roll out the WRNA to as many Women’s Centres and women’s specialist services as possible throughout England and Wales.

Amongst those being particularly encouraged to apply are organisations involved in bids for new Intensive Supervision Courts (ISCs).

Find out more in the link above👆

We are delighted to have won the Outstanding Large Organisation Award tonight at #CJAAwards2025 @cjalliance. We are honoured to have been nominated alongside the brilliant Anawim and @ThisIsSurvivors

🚨Drawing together three years of research, our new reports launched this week explore what can be done to make our court fines system fairer, more proportionate and more effective.🚨

💡'Justice in arrears: Policy options beyond the court fine' looks at the use of alternative punishments when people are unable to pay, proposing solutions more likely to result in reduced crime, greater victim satisfaction & less cost to the taxpayer. ow.ly/3FPi50XtZOG

💡 'Paying for for justice: How our court fines system tips the scales' draws together our research over 3 years, explaining how the current fines system is failing & what can be done to make it fairer, more proportionate & more effective. ow.ly/UZ5a50XtZUe