Research 2007

Conditional cautions: an examination of the early implementation of the scheme
Policeman
Date: 17 December 2007
A report evaluating the implementation of conditional cautions in 13 Basic Command Units across six police force areas.
Domestic Violence and the Supplemental Information Form C1A
young girl on mother's knee
Date: 11 December 2007
Findings of an evaluation of the use and effect of the introduction of the form into the Family Court.
Violence interventions systematic review
official talking to offender
Date: 07 December 2007
A systematic review of the national and international evidence on the effectiveness of interventions with violent offenders.
The longer-term outcomes in-court conciliation
Children
Date: 21 November 2007
This report explores the longer-term outcomes of in-court conciliation (or alternative dispute resolution) in child contact cases.
North Liverpool Community Justice Centre - Surveys of local residents
Cover of report
Date: 29 October 2007
A report presenting the findings of a survey of attitudes and perceptions in the area of North Liverpool served by the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre.
Evaluation of the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre
Cover of report
Date: 29 October 2007
A report presenting findings from the evaluation of the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre.
Process Evaluation of the Salford Community Justice Initiative
Cover of report
Date: 29 October 2007
Research examining various aspects of the Initiative, including the set-up phase, community engagement activity, problem solving processes and court processes.
Predicting and understanding risk of re-offending: the Prisoner Cohort Study
prison officers
Date: 18 October 2007
Research summary on predicting and understanding the risk of re-offending of prisoners with dangerous and severe personality disorder.
The evidence of harm to adults relating to exposure to extreme pornographic material
Research report
Date: 28 September 2007
This document reports on a rapid evidence assessment (REA) of the evidence of harm relating to exposure to extreme pornographic material (EPM). EPM was defined as 'actual scenes or realistic depictions of: explicit intercourse or oral sex with an animal, explicit sexual interference with a human corpse, explicit serious violence in a sexual context and explicit serious sexual violence'. The REA addressed three research questions:
Public Protection, Proportionality and the Search for Balance
Human rights logo
Date: 27 September 2007
This report examines how courts in the UK and Europe respond when human rights and security appear to conflict. It compares cases from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and the European Court of Human Rights, and examines how human rights are applied and how courts use the concept of proportionality to mediate conflicts between rights and security.
Action research into the London resettlement pilot
Wormwood Scrubs prison
Date: 30 August 2007
Report on action research into the London resettlement pilot conducted between May 2006 and August 2006 in Wormwood Scrubs prison and eight North West London boroughs.
Towards a policy evaluation service: research report
Research report
Date: 13 August 2007
This report looks at the arguments concerning the development of infrastructure to support policy outcome evaluation, and proposes the creation of a new policy evaluation service.
Confidence in the criminal justice system: What lies beneath?
Government consultation policy review
Date: 07 August 2007
This report identifies factors that people consider when answering the British Crime Survey question used to measure public confidence in the Criminal Justice System.
Evaluation of the development of support services for victims of road traffic incidents
injured victim
Date: 02 August 2007
This summary describes the main findings from research examining three Home Office-funded pilot schemes delivering support services to victims of road traffic incidents. The main aims of the study were to assess the development of these support services and to provide recommendations and guidelines on good practice.
Satellite Tracking of Offenders: A Study of the Pilots in England and Wales
Research report
Date: 02 August 2007
This summary evaluates the satellite tracking pilots that took place between September 2004 and June 2006 in three areas in England and Wales.
Twelve months later: does advice help? The impact of debt advice - advice agency clients study
A group of people in discussion
Date: 01 August 2007
This research report covers a study of advice agency debt advice clients. It covers the impact of debt advice on clients' finances, health and wellbeing six and twelve months after receiving advice.
The living together campaign - an investigation of its impact on legally aware cohabitants
couple
Date: 25 July 2007
A report of a short study done in January and September 2006, to assess the attitudes and behaviour of a group of 'legally aware' cohabitants, former cohabitants and intending cohabitants who had accessed the Living Together Campaign's website on the legal position of cohabiting couples.
What's cost got to do with it? The impact of changing court fees on users
The impact of changing court fees on users
Date: 28 June 2007
This report examines the impact of changing court fees on users of civil and family courts in England and Wales.  It looks at factors considered when proceeding to court; relative importance of fees; and provides evidence on the impact of incremental increases in fees on decisions to proceed to court.
Restorative Justice: the views of victims and offenders the third report from the evaluation of three schemes
Restorative justice
Date: 19 June 2007
This is the third report from the study of three Restorative Justice (RJ) schemes. The schemes ran RJ services at different points in the criminal justice system and involved a range of offences, predominately with adults.  This report explores the views of victims and offenders taking part, of the process.
Diversity and fairness in the jury system
Diversity and fairness in the jury system
Date: 13 June 2007
This report examines whether the juror summoning process discriminates against Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups, whether jurors serving at Crown Courts are representative of the local population in terms of ethnicity, age, gender, employment, income and religion, and whether a defendant's ethnicity affects the decision-making of racially-mixed juries.
The 'Go-Between': evaluation of intermediary pathfinder projects
The Go Between evaluation of intermediary pathfinder projects
Date: 12 June 2007
This research summarises an evaluation of the implementation of the intermediary special measure in six pathfinder areas. The results describe the implementation of the scheme including the recruitment of intermediaries, intermediary appointments, outcomes of cases where intermediaries were used, emerging benefits and challenges and recommendations for the scheme.
Evaluation of young witness support: examining the impact on witnesses and the criminal justice system
Evaluation of young witness support: examining the impact on witnesses and the criminal justice system
Date: 12 June 2007
This research summarises an evaluation of six specialist young witness schemes. The results describe the extent to which the schemes add value for young witnesses, their carers and the Criminal Justice System and identify good practice from the range of approaches and procedures employed.
Twisting arms: court referred and court linked mediation under judicial pressure
Twisting arms: court referred and court linked mediation under judicial pressure
Date: 21 May 2007
This report evaluates a) a quasi-compulsory mediation programme and b) a voluntary mediation scheme.  The results describe the uptake of mediation, user experiences, and the potential of mediation to offer savings to the justice system.
Research series backlist catalogue
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This document contains details of research reports published before 2007.