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Should education be at the heart of detention?
In February 2013, the Ministry of Justice called for responses to the ‘Transforming Youth Custody: Putting Education at the Heart of Detention’ consultation. The Ministerial foreword states that the current youth custody system is “failing to turn these young people’s lives around, and we need to do things differently”.
Joint Press Release - New Research Launch: Better Probation Services for Black Offenders & Victims
On the 5th June in central London, the leading international think-tank, IARS, and London Probation Trust will be launching new research on how probation services can be improved for black and minority ethnic offenders and victims.
Youth Voice Journal is online!
IARS is pleased to announce the launch of Youth Voice Journal online that will offer the chance to everybody to easily access published papers, articles and book reviews, for free. Youth Voice Journal is an international, multidisciplinary, refereed journal that publishes theoretical contributions
Capturing the views of refugee women on service provision
IARS welcomes the government’s revised action plan on Violence against Women announced last week. In this revised plan the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has committed to a series of new specific actions to ensure that the treatment of asylum-seeking women is
The Anne Frank Ambassadors Project in England and Scotland
IARS is supporting the Anne Frank Trust in the evaluation of the Ambassadors Project, a schools intervention project, in England and Scotland over a five year period. The programme began on 1 May 2012 and is funded under the Big Lottery Fund’s Realising Ambition programme.
JOINT PRESS RELEASE: Victim Support and IARS join forces to help deliver restorative justice measures in EU
IARS, the UK based international charity, is joining forces with leading victims’ charity Victim Support to deliver a ground breaking Restorative Justice project, funded by the EU. Restorative Justice in Europe will help introduce minimum standards to protect victims
