Public awareness of sentencing must be raised through increased communication and education. Public trust and confidence in ...

The MoJ has just published a process evaluation of the probation service pilot Victim Notification Scheme which is for victims of stalking, harassment and coercive and controlling behaviour, where the ...

The world is becoming more digital, and probation services will need to adapt. My recently published HM Inspectorate of Probation report explores how technology can help people on probation build ...

Sarah Waite’s research on women’s experiences of being in an open prison.

The MoJ has just (20 March 2025) published an exploratory analysis of repeat offending by children and young people in England and Wales. It focuses on one cohort of young people with repeated contact ...

A new (27 March 2025) report by RAND Europe presents the findings from a systematic literature review on the impact of drug-related law enforcement activity on serious violence and homicide. The ...

Today (18 March 2025) Chief Inspector of Probation Martin Jones has published his first Annual Report of Probation Services in England and Wales which covers the inspections undertaken between ...

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and National Women’s Justice Coalition report on creating a criminal justice system which works for women.

It has nearly been 6 months since I joined the Parole Board as the new Chief Executive last October. It has been a busy period as different parts of the Victims & Prisoners Act were implemented, the ...

Yesterday’s (27 March 2025) Criminal Court Statistics show that the backlogs in both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts continue to grow. There were 74,651 open cases at the Crown Court on 31 December 2024 ...