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This blog, written by the ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Children at risk of poor outcomes team, outlines key insights from recent research into how administrative data can be better used to support children’s social care (CSC). Drawing on three new reports launched in January, the authors highlight current evidence gaps, emerging priorities, and opportunities to strengthen the research infrastructure that informs policy and practice for children and families.
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This blog is by Nisha da Silva, keynote speaker at the ADR UK Conference 2025 and contributor to the Ministry of Justice’s Data First programme. She explores how linked data reveals key insights into justice system journeys and how these findings are shaping policy, research, and technology.
This blog by ADR UK Research Fellow Dr Hannah Dickson explores the challenges of violent reoffending in England and Wales, and how a risk assessment tool developed in Sweden – OxRec - might help improve decision making in the criminal justice system. The blog outlines why better risk assessment matters, how current tools could be improved, and what her study hopes to uncover.
This blog by Tom Curran (The Social Agency) and Shayda Kashef (ADR UK) shares reflections from the first year of the ADR England Public Insights Panel. It explores how a diverse group of individuals from across the UK has come together to shape administrative data research, offering insights on what’s worked, what they’ve learned, and how public engagement is driving more inclusive, impactful work at ADR UK.
This blog by Dr Liliana Belkin, an ADR UK fellow working with the Ministry of Justice-Department for Education (MoJ-DfE) linked dataset, explores the potential links between alternative provision and youth offending, and reflects on how better data can inform fairer and more inclusive education systems.
