Focusing on Victims of Crime isn’t Just a Nicety

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National Crime Victims’ Rights Week in the US runs from 2-8 April 2017 and has prompted me to reflect on the importance of the victim’s voice in delivering effective criminal justice interventions. NCVRW is led by the Office for Victims of Crime, part of the US Department of Justice, and has taken place every year since 1981. Victims’ rights bodies and law enforcement agencies acro
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CRC Reoffending Rates: Who’s Striving, Who’s Struggling?

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CRC Reoffending Rates: Who’s striving, who’s struggling? Or should we all move to the North West? Last week the MoJ released the interim Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) proven reoffending rates for cohorts that started orders or licences between October and December 2015. As it is now 12 months since the first payment by results cohort started, I thought it would be interes
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Non-profits in the Criminal Justice System & the Role of Social Impact Analytics

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Non-profit and commercial organisations play a vital role in assisting offenders to desist from offending, whether working in partnership with community rehabilitation companies or directly with offenders. This week CLINKS, the national organisation that supports voluntary organisations working with offenders and their families, published its annual “State of the Sector” survey.
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