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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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…
University of Southampton
Growing Hope and Power: charities, academics and evidence
This project explored the dynamics relating to the academic and third sector, particularly the opportunities and challenges to collaborating, with the aim of achieving positive change. The project too…
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.
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.
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…
Advance
A resource for professionals supporting young women and girls
This toolkit outlines a best practice approach for setting up a service for young women and girls, drawing on Advance’s learning from developing and implementing the Maia service. The Maia servi…
Anawim
Anawin Annual Report: 2023
Anawim’s published annual report: 2023…
Centre for Justice Innovation
‘A safe place & a safe time’ – Providing effective advocacy to Black and Minoritised victim-survivors of domestic abuse and harmful practices in contact with the CJS
Victim-survivors of domestic abuse and harmful practices who are also in contact with the criminal justice system often either choose to withdraw their case or see their cases dropped by criminal just…
Women in Prison
Talking about women in contact with the criminal justice system
Our society tends to view women who have contact with the criminal justice system harshly. This is especially true when they are mothers. A ‘tough on crime’ climate has led to an over-reli…
University of Southampton
Reflections on charities – academics and practitioners making change happen together
Dr Kate Paradine makes the case that if academics, charities and practitioners are to maximise our impact and finally create a sea change in the imprisonment of women (and more broadly across the crim…
Fabian Women's Network and the Fabian Society
Solidarity, equality and opportunity: creating strong social justice systems for women
Fabian Women’s Network ran five roundtables with shadow ministers, Welsh government ministers, police and crime commissioners, experts by experience, academics and charity sector experts. They f…