Evidence Hub

1st March 2023

Escalation in the severity of offending behaviour

This study examines whether particular past offences are more frequent amongst criminals who ‘escalated’ to very serious offending.

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1st March 2023

“I’ve Never Been Arrested At A 12-step Meeting”: How Structural And Functional Mechanisms Of 12 Step Programmes Might Support Criminal Desistance

This article aims to highlight how the structural and functional mechanisms of 12 step programmes might support criminal desistance

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1st March 2023

Life Sentence: Understanding the Experiences and Support Needs of Those Bereaved by Murder and Manslaughter

This report builds upon a 2011 report entitled 'A Review into the Needs of Families Bereaved by Homicide'

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1st February 2023

Effective interventions for the treatment of gambling that is associated with harm: Rapid Evidence Review

This report aims to build knowledge around the effectiveness of psychological and psychosocial interventions for the treatment of gambling.

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1st February 2023

I can’t breathe: Race, Death & British Policing

Inquest presents a full report on telling the stories of Black men who have died and their families' experiences in...

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24th January 2023

Looked After Children in prison as adults: Life adversity and neurodisability

This study investigates whether higher rates of neurodisability and substance use problems persist in LAC who are in prison as...

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17th January 2023

Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

This briefing summarises research findings from the ESRC-funded project "Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System"

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1st January 2023

Youth violence intervention programme for vulnerable young people attending emergency departments in London: a rapid evaluation

This paper evaluates the implementation of a new YVIP at University College London Hospital NHS Trust.

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1st January 2023

Young People: Tomorrow’s Change Makers

Leap Confronting Conflict's Impact Report for 2023

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1st October 2022

Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015-2022: Challenging racism and discrimination

This report evidences the role of institutional racism in the prison estate from 2015-2022 through a literature review.

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22nd September 2022

Policing disability hate crime

This article examines the Metropolitan Police Service response to DHC

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1st September 2022

Use of Sentiment: Analysis to Assist Police Invesitgatoins

A policy and practice briefing on why sentiment analysis could be useful to the police and how it has been...

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24th July 2022

Exploring Shame Resilience Theory (SRT) and its potential for understanding how shame affects the behaviours of women with lived experience of imprisonment

This research explores Shame Resilience Theory and its contribution to understanding shame-based behaviours of women in custody

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24th July 2022

Race Equality in Probation Services in England and Wales: A Procedural Justice Perspective

This article will review the policy landscape of probation provision for ethnic minorities and summarise the inspection findings.

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1st July 2022

How can police forces make better use of diversion and out of court disposals?

This document summarises these findings and refers to issues with out of court disposal use raised in the wider police...

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1st July 2022

Empowering people to build brighter futures after prison

This report presents an evaluation of the project's operation since the delivery of the first pilot programme in HMP Wandsworth.

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1st June 2022

Exploring the impact of body-worn video on the everyday behaviours of police officers

This article investigates how the implementation of BWV into one police force in England impacted the behaviour of those officers.

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1st June 2022

Mental Disorder, Disability and Sentencing

This paper addresses the sentencing of individuals who meet the broad criteria for mental disorder in the Mental Health Act...

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Escalation in the severity of offending behaviour

“I’ve Never Been Arrested At A 12-step Meeting”: How Structural And Functional Mechanisms Of 12 Step Programmes Might Support Criminal Desistance

Life Sentence: Understanding the Experiences and Support Needs of Those Bereaved by Murder and Manslaughter

Effective interventions for the treatment of gambling that is associated with harm: Rapid Evidence Review

I can’t breathe: Race, Death & British Policing

Looked After Children in prison as adults: Life adversity and neurodisability

Ethnic Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

Youth violence intervention programme for vulnerable young people attending emergency departments in London: a rapid evaluation

Young People: Tomorrow’s Change Makers

Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015-2022: Challenging racism and discrimination

Policing disability hate crime

Use of Sentiment: Analysis to Assist Police Invesitgatoins

Exploring Shame Resilience Theory (SRT) and its potential for understanding how shame affects the behaviours of women with lived experience of imprisonment

Race Equality in Probation Services in England and Wales: A Procedural Justice Perspective

How can police forces make better use of diversion and out of court disposals?

Empowering people to build brighter futures after prison

Exploring the impact of body-worn video on the everyday behaviours of police officers

Mental Disorder, Disability and Sentencing

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