Resource Library
The NWJC champions and promotes best practice for working with women in contact with the criminal justice system.
This library catalogues a wide range of resources that consolidate and demonstrate the collective wisdom and expertise of women’s organisations and criminal justice specialists. It contains briefing papers, reports, policy documents, current research and other useful resources that provide insight, expertise and best practice examples for working with and supporting women and girls.
Resources can be filtered by keywords, themes, organisation and format and search results include links to further information and downloadable content.
Please contact us to recommend any additional resources that should be added to the Resource Library.
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Parental Rights in Prison Project (PRiP)
The aim of the Parental Rights in Prison Project (PRiP) was to support incarcerated parents who wished to sustain their relationship with their children who are in the care of the local authority, car…
Staffordshire University and Centre for Justice Innovation
Exploring women’s experience of drug and alcohol treatment in the West Midlands
The Centre for Justice Innovation, Staffordshire University and Expert Citizens have received funding from The JABBS Foundation and the Office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner to exp…
House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee
Cutting crime: better community sentences
Crime can be reduced through rigorous sentences served in the community. With the right investment, intensive community sentences can succeed where short prison sentences fail. As well as reducing off…
NHSE and HMPPS
The National Women’s Prisons Health and Social Care Review
Women in prison have disproportionately higher levels of health and social care needs than their male counterparts in prison and women in the general population. High numbers of women in prison experi…
Centre for Women's Justice
Life or Death: Preventing Domestic Homicides and Suicides of Black and Minoritised Women
This research examines the obstacles faced by Black and minoritised women who lose their lives in domestic homicide and suicide in the context of domestic abuse. Whilst these women may face many of th…
Pro Bono Economics
Women and the charity sector
There is a profound – and often under-discussed – gender imbalance in the charity sector. While women make up 68% of the charity sector’s employees, they only make up between 56% and…
The Prison Advice and Care Trust (PACT)
Serving a hidden sentence – The financial and emotional impact of a loved-one’s imprisonment
With the prison population at an all time-high, research shows how prisoners’ families and loved-ones are facing their own hidden sentence of financial hardship and emotional strain. Survey resu…
Brighton Women's Centre
Evaluation of Brighton Women’s Centre From Court to Support Project
A bespoke women's service for women at Breach Court and at breach threshold…
The Scottish Government Women's Justice Leadership Panel
The Case for Gendered and Intersectional Approaches to Justice
This report summarises the work of the Women’s Justice Leadership Panel, their thematic discussions, and their key findings. Keywords: caring responsibilities, culture, data, gender and trauma i…
Birth Companions
Birth Charter for Women with Involvement from Children’s Social Care
This Birth Charter sets out how services and systems in England should support all women involved with children’s social care from conception to their child’s second birthday. The Charter …
Agenda Alliance
Dismantling Disadvantage: Levelling up public services for women with multiple unmet needs
This report provides a timely assessment of the ways in which public services can be reformed to better meet women’s needs. Keywords: co-production, commissioning, culturally responsive support,
Birth Companions
Co-designing a new support service for women who are experiencing or at risk of the removal of their baby at birth by children’s social services
With the support of over 40 local stakeholders and women with lived experience, the charity Birth Companions has co-designed an innovative new service for women and their families who are experiencing…