Publications and research
You’ll find links to the last five years of our reports and publications on this page. If you are looking for anything published prior to 2018 please email: [email protected] or use the contact form to message us. You can search using the categories or by inserting a key word or full title in the search box.
Criminal Justice

Publications – 20 Feb 2025
Learning from Tragedy? The potantial benefits, risks, and limitations of offensive weapons homicide reviews
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 6 Feb 2025
Trapped in the Turnstile: young Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people’s experiences of the criminal justice system
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 29 Jan 2025
Adultifying Youth Custody: learning lessons on transition to adulthood from the use of youth custody for young adults
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 8 Jan 2025
“My life could be so different” Experiences of autistic young people in the youth justice system
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 30 Sep 2024
The Wayland Pilot: Use of a peer-led scrutiny panel to amplify voices and restore trust in the discrimination complaints system in prisons
Criminal Justice

Publications – 1 Aug 2024
Experiences of Minority Ethnic Women Defendants in English Criminal Courts
Criminal Justice, mental health

Publications – 13 Jun 2024
Public Harms: Racism and Misogyny in policing, education and mental health services
Criminal Justice

Publications – 21 May 2024
Our Sons and Daughters – is maturity considered in the magistrates’ courts?
Criminal Justice

Publications – 15 May 2024
Children and the Sex Offender Register: Prevalence and Experiences
Fair by Design

Publications – 8 May 2024
Cost Cutters – A plan to tackle the poverty premium and make markets work
Criminal Justice, T2A, Young Adults

Publications – 26 Mar 2024
Time for Change: Acquired Brain Injury and Young Adults involved in the Criminal Justice System in England
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 28 Feb 2024
Funding for systems change: The story of Barrow Cadbury Trust’s T2A campaign
Criminal Justice, Race, racial justice

Publications – 8 Feb 2024
Bridging gaps and changing tracks: Supporting racially minoritised young people in the transition to adulthood in the criminal justice system
Migration

Publications – 15 Nov 2023
Briefing: Deprivation and the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition
Migration

Publications – 1 Nov 2023
Charting New Waters: A progressive policy response to the Channel Crossings
Criminal Justice

Publications – 10 Oct 2023
Rebuilding Lives: Young Muslims from the Criminal Justice System to Community Resettlement
Other

Publications – 6 Sep 2023
What role for Government? A practical guide to the types, roles, and spaces of public engagement on Climate
Criminal Justice

Publications – 11 Jul 2023
Tackling Double Disadvantage Action Plan: One year on progress report
Migration

Publications – 11 Jul 2023
People, Power, and Priorities: Insight into the UK refugee and migration sector – Full report
Migration

Publications – 11 Jul 2023
People, Power and Priorities: Insight into the UK refugee and migration sector – Executive summary
Economic Justice, Fair by Design, Poverty Premium

Publications – 21 May 2023
Payments systems and the poverty premium: Key issues and recommendations
Criminal Justice

Publications – 17 May 2023
Unlocking aspiration: Breaking down barriers to work for people leaving prison
Economic Justice, Fair by Design, Poverty Premium

Publications – 21 Apr 2023
The poverty premium in 2022: Progress and problems – executive summary
Economic Justice

Publications – 3 Apr 2023
Net Zero to Level Up: Securing a just transition for the Black Country
Criminal Justice

Publications – 28 Mar 2023
Understanding barriers to Restorative Justice for young people, young adults and victims of crime
Criminal Justice, mental health, Race

Publications – 22 Feb 2023
Being Well | Being Equal – Prioritising the wellbeing of young men and young Black men in the criminal justice system
Economic Justice

Publications – 30 Jan 2023
Third Sector Trends in England and Wales 2022: finances, assets and organisational wellbeing
Economic Justice, Fair by Design

Publications – 20 Jan 2023
Inclusive design in action: Using inclusive design to create a fair transition to net zero
Young Adults

Publications – 19 Oct 2022
KeyRing – Fairer Justice For All – young people with learning disabilities and autism in the criminal justice system
Criminal Justice

Publications – 13 Oct 2022
Improving wellbeing, reducing violence: A review and feasibility study
Criminal Justice

Publications – 12 Oct 2022
Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015-2022: Challenging racism and discrimination – Full report
Criminal Justice

Publications – 12 Oct 2022
Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015-2022: Challenging racism and discrimination – Executive Summary
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 9 Oct 2022
Young adults in court: Shrinking numbers and increasing disparities
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 6 Oct 2022
Young minds, big decisions: An insight into the experiences of young adults pleading guilty to crimes in England & Wales
Economic Justice, Fair by Design

Publications – 21 Sep 2022
Net Zero Transition for Low-income Consumers: A Participatory Action Research Project
Economic Justice, Fair by Design

Publications – 23 Jul 2022
Solving the Cost of Living Crisis: The case for a new social tariff in the energy market
Other

Publications – 5 Jul 2022
Bridges of hope: Celebrating the domestic social action of British Muslim charities
Economic Justice, Fair by Design, Poverty Premium

Publications – 23 Jun 2022
The Cost of Living and Levelling Up: Why the poverty premium matters for local economies
Criminal Justice

Publications – 23 Jun 2022
Protecting the Protectors: Do criminal justice sanctions reduce violence against police and NHS staff?
Migration

Publications – 15 Jun 2022
Destroying hopes, dreams and lives: How UK Visa costs and process impact migrants’ lives
Criminal Justice

Publications – 23 May 2022
Fighting Racial Injustice: Police station, diversion, CCE, effective participation, remand and sentence
Criminal Justice

Publications – 23 May 2022
Fighting Racial Injustice: Background, childhood, legal representation & trauma
Criminal Justice

Publications – 28 Apr 2022
The usual suspects: Joint enterprise prosecutions before and after the Supreme Court ruling
Criminal Justice

Publications – 24 Mar 2022
We’ve not given up: Young women surviving the criminal justice system – Final Report
Criminal Justice

Publications – 24 Mar 2022
We’ve not given up: Young women surviving the criminal justice system – Executive Summary
Criminal Justice

Publications – 24 Mar 2022
Tackling Double Disadvantage: Ending inequality for Black, Asian, minoritised and migrant women in the criminal justice system
Criminal Justice

Publications – 14 Mar 2022
The golden thread: Putting families at the heart of the criminal justice system
COVID-19, Economic Justice

Publications – 19 Jan 2022
No place like home? The benefits and challenges of home working during the pandemic
Economic Justice, Fair by Design, Poverty Premium

Publications – 23 Sep 2021
The hidden risks of being poor: the poverty premium in insurance – executive summary
Economic Justice, Fair by Design, Poverty Premium

Publications – 23 Sep 2021
The hidden risks of being poor: the poverty premium in insurance – full report
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 9 Aug 2021
Creating developmentally appropriate responses to young adults at risk of, or involved in, offending
Criminal Justice

Publications – 22 Jul 2021
Evidence review: diverting young adults away from the cycle of crisis and crime
Criminal Justice

Publications – 28 Apr 2021
Falling through the gaps: Young women transitioning to the adult justice system
Criminal Justice

Publications – 13 Apr 2021
The Knot: Lived experience perspectives on policing trauma, poverty and inequalities
Criminal Justice

Publications – 8 Mar 2021
Public Harms: Racism and Misogyny in policing, education and mental health services
Criminal Justice

Publications – 15 Feb 2021
Maturity in magistrates’ courts: magistrates, young adults and maturity considerations in decision-making and sentencing – Full report
Criminal Justice

Publications – 15 Feb 2021
Maturity in magistrates courts: magistrates, young adults and maturity considerations in decision-making and sentencing – Executive Summary
Economic Justice

Publications – 1 Feb 2021
The State of Economic Justice in Birmingham and the Black Country 2021
Economic Justice

Publications – 27 Jan 2021
Shifting the Balance: Local adaptation, innovation and collaboration during the pandemic and beyond
Economic Justice, Fair by Design

Publications – 26 Jan 2021
Inclusive Design in Essential Services: A Practical Guide for Firms and Suppliers
Economic Justice

Publications – 1 Dec 2020
Lifting the Lid on Fintech Finance: what does new technology mean for a financial system that serves people and planet?
Criminal Justice

Publications – 16 Nov 2020
Stories of injustice: The criminalisation of women convicted under joint enterprise laws
Criminal Justice

Publications – 21 Oct 2020
Intelligent justice? A discussion paper on the use of police intelligence data to inform offender management decisions
Migration

Publications – 24 Sep 2020
Unsettled status 2020: Which EU Citizens are at risk of failing to secure their rights after Brexit?
Migration

Publications – 17 Sep 2020
Brexit on the backburner: Citizens’ rights and the implementation of the withdrawal agreement in a pandemic
Criminal Justice

Publications – 10 Aug 2020
Evidence briefing: Racial bias is pulling black young adults back into the revolving door
Other

Publications – 10 Aug 2020
Young people in the time of COVID-19: A fear and hope study of 16-24 year olds
Criminal Justice

Publications – 10 Aug 2020
Bridging the gaps: New approaches to improving outcomes for care-experienced young people given prison sentences
Migration, Other

Publications – 5 Aug 2020
Remembering the kindness of strangers: Division, unity and social connection during and beyond COVID-19
Migration

Publications – 5 Aug 2020
Lift the ban: Why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense
Criminal Justice

Publications – 24 Jun 2020
Turning 18: A briefing on the impact of turning 18 in the criminal justice system
Other

Publications – 4 Jun 2020
#Will to Act: How social media giants have failed to live up to their claims on the Coronavirus ‘infodemic’
Economic Justice

Publications – 21 May 2020
Community micro-enterprise as a driver of local economic development in social care
Other

Publications – 18 May 2020
State of the Sector 2020 – The condition of charities before the COVID-19 crisis
Criminal Justice

Publications – 4 May 2020
Young adult advisors on criminal justice: Hearing from young adults in the CJS
Migration

Publications – 30 Apr 2020
Taking stock and facing the future: The infrastructure and resources of the UK migration and refugee sector
Criminal Justice

Publications – 24 Apr 2020
Time to end the silence: The experience of Muslims in the prison system
Criminal Justice

Publications – 22 Apr 2020
New Generation: Preventing young adults being caught in the revolving door
Migration

Publications – 21 Apr 2020
Not settled yet? Understanding the EU Settlement Scheme using the available data
Migration

Publications – 11 Feb 2020
Will I ever be safe? Asylum-seeking women made destitute in the UK
Criminal Justice

Publications – 29 Jan 2020
Using an identity lens: Constructive working with children in the criminal justice system
Criminal Justice

Publications – 3 Dec 2019
A journey of learning, growth and change: A roadmap for increasing Restorative Justice across England and Wales
Criminal Justice

Publications – 29 Nov 2019
Change from within: Insights from people with lived experience working to improve the criminal justice system
Migration

Publications – 28 Nov 2019
Migrant-led advocacy across Europe and challenges and opportunities
Migration

Publications – 19 Nov 2019
Unsettling: A report on EEA nationals and their families in the EU Settlement Scheme
Criminal Justice

Publications – 13 Aug 2019
Ask and take action: Why public services must ask about domestic abuse. Executive Summary
Criminal Justice

Publications – 13 Aug 2019
Ask and take action: Why public services must ask about domestic abuse: Full Report
Criminal Justice

Publications – 22 Jul 2019
Criminal defence in an age of austerity: Zealous advocate or cog in a machine?
Migration

Publications – 15 Jul 2019
Distant neighbours: Understanding and measuring social integration in England
Criminal Justice

Publications – 15 Jul 2019
Double Discrimination: The impact of criminal records on people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds
Criminal Justice

Publications – 15 Jul 2019
Double Discrimination: The impact of criminal records on people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds – full report
Criminal Justice

Publications – 20 Jun 2019
Muslim women’s experiences of the criminal justice system – executive summary
Criminal Justice

Publications – 6 Jun 2019
Loss and bereavement: Key messages for professionals supporting young people across the criminal justice system
Criminal Justice

Publications – 6 Jun 2019
Loss and bereavement: A guide for professionals working in the criminal justice system
Economic Justice

Publications – 29 Apr 2019
Insurance and the poverty premium: What’s known and the policy implications
Migration

Publications – 18 Mar 2019
Uncertain futures: The EU settlement scheme and children and young peoples’ right to stay in the UK
Economic Justice

Publications – 28 Feb 2019
The state of economic justice in Birmingham and the Black Country – full report
Economic Justice

Publications – 28 Feb 2019
The state of economic justice in Birmingham and the Black Country – summary report
Economic Justice

Publications – 27 Feb 2019
Regional funding after Brexit: Opportunities for the UK’s shared prosperity fund
Criminal Justice, Race

Publications – 19 Feb 2019
Stop & Scrutinise: How to improve community scrutiny of stop and search
Criminal Justice, gender equality

Publications – 12 Feb 2019
Brain Injury Linkworker Service Evaluation Study – Technical Report
Migration

Publications – 21 Jan 2019
Getting it right from the start: Securing the future for EU citizens in the UK
Criminal Justice, Young Adults

Publications – 18 Jan 2019
Community conversations: Unearthing community-led ideas for tackling youth violence
Economic Justice

Publications – 23 Nov 2018
Payday Denied – Exploring the lived experience of declined payday loan applicants
Migration

Publications – 22 Nov 2018
After the Divorce: British families living in the EU-27 post-Brexit
Migration

Publications – 22 Nov 2018
The End of the Retirement Dream? British pensioners in the European Union after Brexit
Migration

Publications – 20 Nov 2018
Building Bridges: A youth vision for a common future after Brexit
Criminal Justice
Publications – 16 Nov 2018
Faith, Family and Crime: An exploration of Muslim families’ involvement with the Criminal Justice System and its impact on their health and social needs
Migration
Publications – 18 Oct 2018
Lift the Ban: Why people seeking asylum should have the right to work
Economic Justice

Publications – 10 Oct 2018
A level playing field for workers: the future of employment rights post-Brexit
Economic Justice

Publications – 1 Oct 2018
Doing Economics Differently: How can Rethinking Economics and Economy support professionals to find new ways of doing economics?
Criminal Justice

Publications – 20 Sep 2018
Sentencing Young Adults – making the case for sentencing principles for young adults
Economic Justice

Publications – 18 Sep 2018
Being poor shouldn’t cost more – A road map for tackling the Poverty Premium
Migration

Publications – 17 Sep 2018
National Conversation on Immigration: final report – executive summary
Economic Justice

Publications – 3 Sep 2018
The local Living Wage dividend: An analysis of the impact of the Living Wage on ten city regions
Economic Justice

Publications – 6 Aug 2018
Rough Justice – problems with monthly assessment of pay and circumstances in Universal Credit and what can be done about them
Economic Justice

Publications – 19 Jul 2018
Local wealth building in Birmingham & beyond – a new economic mainstream
Criminal Justice

Publications – 18 Jul 2018
Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: Practitioners’ accounts
Economic Justice

Publications – 12 Jul 2018
CPAG’s early warning system – report on universal credit top issues
Economic Justice

Publications – 3 Jul 2018
The Regulatory Compass: towards a purpose-driven approach to financial regulation
Economic Justice
Publications – 2 Jul 2018
Localising pension fund investments: Engaging with stakeholders, overcoming the barriers
Economic Justice

Publications – 17 Apr 2018
Full report: Sharing is caring? Could data-sharing improve the support provided to customers in vulnerable situations?
Economic Justice

Publications – 17 Apr 2018
Executive Summary. Sharing is caring? Could data-sharing improve the support provided to customers in vulnerable situations.
Economic Justice

Publications – 9 Apr 2018
Have your cake or eat it? New findings on public attitudes to Brexit (part two)
Migration
Publications – 8 Mar 2018
Women in the Workplace: FLEX’s 5 Point Plan to End Labour Exploitation
Other

Publications – 22 Feb 2018
The Social Brexit: How fractious times could be a catalyst for collaborative social change in the UK
Other

Publications – 20 Feb 2018