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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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…
Advance
Advance Charity Annual Report: 2023
Advance Charity’s published annual report: 2022 – 23 Keywords: criminal justice system, gender specific, lived experience, systems change, trauma, trauma informed, whole systems approach, …
Centre for Justice Innovation
Implementing Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Orders
Following the introduction of Domestic Abuse Protection Notices (DAPNs) and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs), this briefing paper outlines the differences between DAPNs/DAPOS and the Domestic …
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…
Birth Companions
Understanding the needs and experiences of women in contact with the criminal justice and children’s social care systems during pregnancy and early motherhood
In this briefing paper Birth Companions shine a spotlight on the issues faced by women who have contact with both the criminal justice and children’s social care systems during pregnancy and the…
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…
Working Chance
Working Towards the Future: What are the barriers to employment for women who have convictions?
When it comes to breaking the glass ceiling, some women are further away than others. Often overlooked are women who have a criminal conviction, who face significant barriers to rebuilding their lives…
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 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…
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. Keywords: caring responsibilities, culture, data, gender and trauma i…