The Criminal Justice Alliance strongly welcomed the Justice Secretary’s commitment to extending support to prisoners released after short sentences and the on-going focus on rehabilitation across prisons and community.

This briefing sets out 10 key issues for incoming PCCs in relation to their role in delivering community safety and reducing crime including: reducing reoffending; resettlement, employment and housing; restorative justice and mental health.

This collection of essays on the role of the public, private and voluntary sectors within the criminal justice system, attempts to achieve a balance between those in favour of and those opposed to the current trend of marketisation of services. Contributors include Professor Alison Liebling, Dr. Ben Crewe; Helen Edwards, Director General of the MoJ’s Justice Policy Group and Heather Munro, Chief Executive of London Probation Trust.

This briefing recognises a fresh approach to criminal justice policy is long overdue and suggests twelve problem areas within the adult criminal justice system that need urgent attention in the new parliament.

This collection of essays brings together experts on penal policy, including academics, campaigners and politicians, who put forward a selection of proposals that would radically change the criminal justice system.