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.
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State of the Sector 2022: Key trends working in the voluntary sector working in criminal justice 2021/22
This research explores how the voluntary sector working in criminal justice fared during the 2021/22 financial year. The findings are based on 97 responses to an online survey and eight in-depth inter…
Hibiscus
Hibiscus Annual Report: 2022-2023
Hibiscus Initatives’ published annual report: 2022 – 23…
Hibiscus
Race, Migration, Criminalisation and Mental Health
The gendered experiences of Black, minoritised and migrant women in contact with the criminal justice system supported by Hibiscus Initiatives.
One Small Thing
Trauma Informed and Gender Responsive Working Snapshot Survey
What do practitioners think it means to be trauma informed and gender responsive today? And what are the barriers that still exist that prevent them working in this way? One Small Thing conducted snap…
Ministry of Justice
Female Offender Strategy Delivery Plan 2022-2025
This Delivery Plan sets out how Government will deliver four key priorities to reduce women’s offending over the period of the 2022-25 Spending Review.
Centre for Women's Justice
Double Standard: Ending the unjust criminalisation of victims of violence against women and girls
This report sets out evidence of the unjust criminalisation of victims of VAWG in England and Wales for alleged offending resulting from their experience of abuse, and the reforms in law and practice …
Women in Prison
The Value of Women’s Centres
Women’s Centres take an approach that encompasses all aspects of a woman’s life and provide services and support from housing and finances to domestic abuse and harmful substance use. Wome…
Advance
No Relief: the impact of Covid 19 on women’s mental health
Advance conducted research with the women using their services during the first year of the pandemic, publishing findings and recommendations in their 2021 report, Women Demand Better Mental Health: t…
Birmingham and Lewisham African Caribbean Health Inequalities Review
The main aim of this review was to improve the health of Black African and Black Caribbean people by listening to them, recognising their priorities, discussing, and reflecting on findings and coprodu…
Missed and Lost Opportunities – Recognising Maternal Trauma in Probation Supervision
This article summarises key findings from an investigation into the long term impact of maternal imprisonment on maternal identity and role.
Anawim
Anawin Annual Report: 2022
Anawim’s published annual report: 2022…
Anawim
Bridging the gap: Dawn House – The First Five Years
Five years ago, Anawim established Dawn House, a residential centre for women leaving prison. Dawn House was designed to fill a gap in safe accommodation and support for women on short sentences leavi…