research and reports

Enforcement of Community Penalties (2007): A Thematic Report

webmaster — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:55:05 +0000

This report analyses a sample of adult and youth cases (184) in three criminal justice areas and tracks them from start to finish through the enforcement process.

It identifies why and where delays occur in the enforcement of community penalties.

Having offenders comply with the requirements of their community penalties is a high priority – failure to achieve this reduces public confidence in the criminal justice system.

Enforcing community penalties swiftly and effectively therefore becomes a key performance issue for all the agencies involved in it.

It is one of the Prime Minister’s top priorities for the criminal justice system as a whole.

Narrowing the Gap: The inspection of children's services

webmaster — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:40:20 +0000

This report examines evidence from 37 joint area reviews of local authority children’s services that took place in 2005-06 and the annual performance assessments of 102 councils that took place in 2006.

It finds that most local authorities are making a good contribution towards delivering better outcomes for the majority of children and young people.

However, it also finds that for a significant minority provision is not good enough and authorities need to do more to redress this inequity.

Guidance on Community Cohesion

Andrew Blyth — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:35:00 +0000

Building cohesion is not an approach that government - central or local - can impose.

Like most aspects of community life, cohesion is something that people themselves generate, but which government and its partners can facilitate.

The Home Secretary has launched Improving Opportunity, Strengthening Society, the Government's strategy to increase race equality and community cohesion.

This guidance is designed to assist all local authorities from the largest counties to the smallest districts and their partners in strengthening and building community cohesion.

Restorative justice in practice - Findings from the second phase of the evaluation of three schemes

Andrew Blyth — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:53:16 +0000

This report on the second phase of the evaluation of three restorative justice schemes (CONNECT, Justice Research Consortium and REMEDI) focuses on the extent of participation across the schemes, the process of restorative justice (including what happened during conferences and mediation) and any follow up by schemes of outcomes.

The three schemes dealt mainly with adult offenders and worked at different stages of the criminal justice system.

Young People's Views on Leaving Care

Andrew Blyth — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:37:46 +0000

This report sets out the views of young people with first-hand experience of what it is like leaving care, or being in the process of doing so.

Leaving care is the first subject in a series of reports setting out children and young people's views on subjects they have specifically asked the commission's Children's Rights Director to look into.

YJB research finds mentoring does not work

Andrew Blyth — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:15:22 +0000

Mentoring schemes for young offenders are expensive and do not work, a new Youth Justice Board study has found.

Mentoring ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬Ãƒâ€¦Ã¢â‚¬Å“succeeded in some respects ÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…â€œ particularly in reintegrating young people into education, training and the community,

Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Teams Annual Report 2004/2005

Andrew Blyth — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:04:07 +0000

The second annual report for the Youth Offending Team (YOT) Inspection programme.

The programme is conducted by representatives of nine inspectorates and regulatory bodies, and is being led by Her MajestyÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢s Inspectorate of Probation.

Reaching and Serving Teen Victims

Andrew Blyth — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:43:57 +0000

Recent evidence suggests that teenagers are more likely to become victims of violent crime than adults, are also likely to suffer re-victimisation, and are less likely than other groups to report their victimisation.

This new guide from America gives practical advice on reaching and serving this vulnerable group.

At home, at school, and in public places, teenagers are victimised by assault, rape, robbery, and other crimes.

Data from the United States shows they are twice as likely as adults to become victims of violent crime.

These victims are frequently more vulnerable to being revictimised - an American study found that 80% of youths reporting violent victimisation had been victimised two or more times.

Despite being victimised more often than other age groups, teens are the least likely to report their victimisation.

This guide will help victim service providers reach and work with teen victims more effectively.

Children Accommodated in Secure Children's Homes, year ending 31 March 2005

Andrew Blyth — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:05:00 +0000

This Statistical First Release provides summary information on the children accommodated in the 26 secure units in England and Wales.

This is an update of last year's release that was published on 26 August 2004.

The key points will cover the number of children in secure units by: gender, age, length of stay and legal status. Information will also be provided on occupancy rates and approved places for each unit.

Youngs adults with troubled lives

Andrew Blyth — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:45:00 +0000

Some young adults (16-25 year-olds) face acute and combined problems such as homelessness, unemployment and drug dependency.

This Social Exclusion Unit programme has been looking at the causes behind some young adult's troubled lives to see how services can be improved to prevent these people falling through a gap in support.

Transitions is the Social Exclusion Unit's interim report looking at 16 - 25 year-olds with severe or multiple problems. It sets out the project team's interim findings and three areas of future work. (The final report will be published winter 2005).