Research
Early process evaluation of the Public Law Outline in family courts
01 July 2009
A report presenting an early stage process evaluation of the Public Law Outline in family courts
Research into enforcement of employment tribunal awards in England and Wales
19 May 2009
Research on the enforcement of awards made by employment tribunals.
Intensive help for vulnerable people: applying case management models in the justice system
06 May 2009
A review of the use of case management models to support vulnerable people in the justice system.
Training and regulating providers of publicly funded legal advice
06 May 2009
A research report on the impact of various systems of training and regulation on perceptions of the quality of civil legal advice given to clients.
Access to Justice: evidence of the experiences of adults with mental health problems
06 May 2009
A report summarising international research evidence on the experiences of adults with mental health problems in the justice system.
Access to Justice: evidence of the experiences of minority groups based on ethnicity, identity and sexuality
06 May 2009
Research report reviewing evidence on the experiences of minority groups in the justice system.
Offender Assessment System and Offender Group Reconviction Scale: research summaries
24 March 2009
Summaries of research on the Offender Assessment System (OASys) and the Offender Group Reconviction Scale (OGRS), risk assessment tools used by the prison and probation services to predict reoffending.
Impact of bad character provisions on the courts
09 March 2009
A report on bad character applications at six court centres during 2006. The new provision provided a systematic way for bad character evidence to be admitted at criminal trials.
Enhanced Thinking Skills programme: Outcomes and implementation of a randomised controlled trial
09 March 2009
Two reports on a randomised controlled trial of the Enhanced Thinking Skills programme.
Sentencing and its outcomes: pilot study
10 February 2009
A report on testing the viability of conducting a study of sentencing in England and Wales using administrative data.
Public opinion and the jury: an international literature review
10 February 2009
A report bringing together findings from a number of surveys on public attitudes to juries, focusing on England and Wales but also drawing on international research.