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1st May 2018

Ministry of Justice: Transforming the response to domestic abuse

Our response to the Ministry of Justice and Home Office consultation on the response to domestic abuse considers best practice...

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1st November 2017

What Good Looks Like

This report contains details of entrants to this year’s CJA Awards, demonstrating for the third year running a constellation of...

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Mopac Consultation Oct 2017 Public Engagement cover page

1st October 2017

MOPAC: Public Access and Engagement

Our response to MOPAC's consultation on public access and engagement highlights the need for greater and more authentic engagement with...

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1st September 2017

Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill

Parliamentary briefing for peers ahead of the Second Reading of Lord Dholakia's Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill, which proposes to...

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1st June 2017

The Need for an Entitlement to Restorative Justice

The CJA has developed - with the support of a reference group of expert member organisations - a briefing outlining the...

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1st June 2017

No respect: Young BAME men, the police and stop and search

A report on the recent experience of young black, Asian and minority ethnic people (BAME) and stop and search.

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1st March 2017

The Cost of an Entitlement to Restorative Justice

The CJA has developed - with the support of a reference group of expert member organisations - a national cost...

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CJA Response Bladed Articles and Offensive Weapons SC Draft Guidelines 1 cover page

1st January 2017

Sentencing Council: ‘Bladed Articles and Offensive Weapons’

The CJA response to the Sentencing Council's bladed articles and offensive weapons guidelines consultation

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CJA Response Sentencing Council Youths Final cover page

1st August 2016

Sentencing Council: Youth Sentencing

Our response welcomes the broadening of factors that should be taken into account when considering the welfare of a young...

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1st July 2016

Stop and Search and Knife Crime

This briefing highlights the lack of evidence demonstrating a link between the decline in the use of stop-and-search and an...

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CJA Final Response Sentencing Council Guilty Pleas cover page

1st June 2016

Sentencing Council: Early Guilty Pleas

Our consultation response to the Sentencing Council's draft guidelines on early guilty pleas highlights our concerns that the proposed changes...

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JSC Restorative Justice CJA response cover page

1st March 2016

Justice Committee Inquiry: Restorative Justice

This response outlines the CJA's views on restorative justice and the important role it has to play in meeting the...

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JSC Role of the magistracy CJA response cover page

1st March 2016

Justice Committee Inquiry: Role of the Magistracy

This response highlights the CJA's views on the role the magistrates have to play in a fair and effective criminal...

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1st November 2015

Structured Mayhem: Personal experiences of the Crown Court

This report highlights the experiences of victims, witnesses and defendants of criminal trials in the Crown Court

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JSC Criminal Courts Charge Criminal Justice Alliance Response cover page

1st October 2015

Justice Committee inquiry: criminal courts charge

This response outlines the CJA's views on the criminal courts charge and the reasons we believe reform is needed.

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1st April 2015

The JAP: lessons for England and Wales

This report outlines the role of the French juge d’application des peines, or JAP, and what the courts in England...

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1st March 2015

Prospects for a Desistance Agenda

This report considers where desistance stands at present, the barriers that may limit its further progress and the opportunities and...

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TobeFair procedural fairness in the courts cover page

1st November 2014

To Be Fair: Procedural Justice in the Courts

This report discusses the concept of procedural fairness within and the impact it has on compliance with court orders and...

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Our Resources

Ministry of Justice: Transforming the response to domestic abuse

What Good Looks Like

MOPAC: Public Access and Engagement

Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill

The Need for an Entitlement to Restorative Justice

No respect: Young BAME men, the police and stop and search

The Cost of an Entitlement to Restorative Justice

Sentencing Council: ‘Bladed Articles and Offensive Weapons’

Sentencing Council: Youth Sentencing

Stop and Search and Knife Crime

Sentencing Council: Early Guilty Pleas

Justice Committee Inquiry: Restorative Justice

Justice Committee Inquiry: Role of the Magistracy

Structured Mayhem: Personal experiences of the Crown Court

Justice Committee inquiry: criminal courts charge

The JAP: lessons for England and Wales

Prospects for a Desistance Agenda

To Be Fair: Procedural Justice in the Courts

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