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Research using administrative data can offer unprecedented insights into youth experiences of the criminal justice system – but this comes with some challenges. In this blog, Professor Alex Sutherland explores some of the complexities around using this data. Alex is a co-Investigator on the ADR England Research Community Catalyst: Youth Transitions project.
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The Youth Endowment Fund has launched its latest funding round for secondary data analysis projects. This opportunity will fund research projects that use existing administrative and other datasets to deliver policy-relevant evidence around young people's involvement in violence.
Data First – the Ministry of Justice’s ambitious data linking and research programme – recently received funding from UK Research and Innovation to undertake new work in support of the UK Government’s Safer Streets Mission. In this blog, the Data First team tell us more about this and highlight the opportunity for researchers to use Data First data to explore important research themes for the Mission.
ADR UK Research Fellow, Hope Kent, shares her personal reflections on her attendance at the Council of Europe Conference for Directors of Prison and Probation 2025.
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.
