Evidence Hub

1st January 2022

Intoxication and Sentencing

This paper explores issues in considering intoxication and sentencing and discusses implications for sentencing policy.

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22nd December 2021

Street gangs and coercive control: The gendered exploitation of young women and girls in county lines

This article explores young women and girls’ participation in gangs and ‘county lines’ drug sales

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5th November 2021

Supporting young people’s cognition and communication in the courtroom: A scoping review of current practices

This evaluates evidence on support measures to facilitate access to court for individuals with cognition and communication impairments.

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1st November 2021

Respect and legitimacy at sentencing

This paper offers a rare joint discussion of respect and legitimacy at sentencing in England and Wales.

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1st November 2021

Defendants’ understanding of sentencing

This paper examines defendants’ understanding of sentencing.

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24th September 2021

An ageing client base: how can probation deliver support for older service users?

This article explores the increase of older people on probation caseloads affect probation practice, alongside an ageing staff population

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15th September 2021

Early Identification of Children Impacted by Parental Criminality

This research determines if earlier identification would have made a positive impact on the children's lives.

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7th September 2021

Co-productive approaches to homelessness in England and Wales beyond the vagrancy act 1824 and public spaces protection orders

This article explores two statutory instruments that have been used to tackle the issue of homelessness in England and Wales.

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7th September 2021

Defending ‘co-offending’ women

This article outlines the role that abusive relationships play in women being ‘associated’ with an offence.

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1st September 2021

How do independent monitoring boards report on equalities in prisons?

This report focuses on how the IMB monitors equalities work in prisons in England and Wales.

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1st September 2021

The impact of community support diverting women from the criminal justice system

This report summarises the findings from data, case records, and women's lived experiences shared by 175 women.

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1st September 2021

Like mother, like child? Sex differences in the maternal transmission of offending among a Scottish cohort of pre-adolescent children

This article investigates the maternal transmission of offending among a cohort of 12-year-olds.

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1st September 2021

Covid-19 Helpline Report

This report from StandOut summarises learning from running the Helpline service during the pandemic and some of the challenges involved.

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1st September 2021

Children witnessing domestic abuse: learnings for support services

This research report investigates the impact of witnessing DA on CYP and any barriers to engagement with support services.

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1st September 2021

Conversations with children and young people affected by hate crimes in Wales

This report illustrates research and findings of children and young people (ages 11-16) affected by hate crime in Wales.

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16th August 2021

Once convicted? The long-term pathways to desistance

This paper attempts to answer how we should see recidivism and desistance

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24th July 2021

Violence, control and restraint: The harms to young adults particularly upon transition

This article argues that there should be greater exploration of young adults' behaviour and the impacts of transitions.

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22nd July 2021

Policing and Mental ill-health: Using Big Data to Assess the Scale and Severity of, and the Frontline Resources Committed to, mental ill-health-related calls-for-service

This paper assess the amount of time spent by frontline officers responding to these calls

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Intoxication and Sentencing

Street gangs and coercive control: The gendered exploitation of young women and girls in county lines

Supporting young people’s cognition and communication in the courtroom: A scoping review of current practices

Respect and legitimacy at sentencing

Defendants’ understanding of sentencing

An ageing client base: how can probation deliver support for older service users?

Early Identification of Children Impacted by Parental Criminality

Co-productive approaches to homelessness in England and Wales beyond the vagrancy act 1824 and public spaces protection orders

Defending ‘co-offending’ women

How do independent monitoring boards report on equalities in prisons?

The impact of community support diverting women from the criminal justice system

Like mother, like child? Sex differences in the maternal transmission of offending among a Scottish cohort of pre-adolescent children

Covid-19 Helpline Report

Children witnessing domestic abuse: learnings for support services

Conversations with children and young people affected by hate crimes in Wales

Once convicted? The long-term pathways to desistance

Violence, control and restraint: The harms to young adults particularly upon transition

Policing and Mental ill-health: Using Big Data to Assess the Scale and Severity of, and the Frontline Resources Committed to, mental ill-health-related calls-for-service

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