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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One Small Thing
The Intergenerational Traumatic Impact of Maternal Imprisonment
One Small Thing collaborated with Dr Sophie Mitchell from Northumbria University to launch and disseminate her research on the intergenerational impact on maternal imprisonment. Her research interview…

Hibiscus
Cultural Mediation: An inclusive solution to help reduce the cultural and language barriers experienced by survivors of trafficking
Hibiscus has developed a pilot project to identify ways to support survivors of trafficking and gender-based violence and identified that the application of cultural mediation has been used in Europe …

Motherhood Challenged: Exploring the persisting impact of maternal imprisonment on maternal identity & role
This research investigates the intersection of motherhood and criminal in the UK in order to better understand the experiences of mothers and grandmothers before, during and after prison. The original…

Advance
The social factors influencing early sexual relationships among young women who have been involved in the criminal justice system and the health impacts
What social factors influence early sexual relationships among young women who have been involved in the criminal justice system, and what are the health impacts of these relationships? A Space To Lea…

Women's Budget Group
The Case for Sustainable Funding for Women’s Centres
Women’s Centres are specialist community support services for women facing multiple disadvantages, including women involved in (or at risk of involvement in) the criminal justice system. They ar…

Lankelly Chase
The Domino Effect
This first person blog from Lilly Lewis, a domestic abuse and prison reform campaigner, is an honest account of her experience and how the domino effect of rejection, dependency, abuse, and shame led …

Fulfilling Lives Lambeth Southwark Lewisham
Understanding Models of Support for People Facing Multiple Disadvantage: A Literature Review
This literature review brings together broad, multidisciplinary evidence about access to services, transitions within services, and understanding about how the system behaves for people facing multipl…

Transform Justice
Reframing crime and justice: a guide to improving communications
This guide for criminal justice communicators provides a wealth of tips, tricks and advice on how to communicate persuasively about criminal justice reform in a way that builds public support and acce…

Tavistock Institute
Partnership working for women and girls
Partnership working is more important than ever. Across the women and girls sector, organisations are pulling together to meet the needs of the most vulnerable and finding that partnership approaches …

Women's Resource Centre
The Crisis of COVID-19 and UK Women’s Charities
This report clearly highlights that the coronavirus outbreak poses a real threat to the sustainability and survival of these very organisations and a precarious future for the UK’s women’s sector as a…

Advance
A place to go like this – Breaking the cycle of harm for mothers involved in offending who are survivors of domestic abuse…
In this report Advance explores how violence against women and girls lies at the heart of the intergenerational cycle of harm, including links with serious youth violence.

Centre for Justice Innovation
Pre-court diversion for women: Evidence and practice briefing
This briefing aims to support practitioners seeking to develop or improve gender-specific pre-court diversion. It outlines the evidence base around women’s offending and the specific needs of wo…