Fawcett justice publications
Listed below are all the publications published by the Fawcett Society on our Women and Justice project. These publications are available to download from the right of this page.
Fawcett publications on the criminal justice system
- Fawcett's response to the Ministry of Justice consultation 'Forced Marriage: Relevant Third Party' (2008)
- Prostitution factsheet (2008)
- Not Either/Or but Both/And: An EVAW, Rape Crisis, CWASU & Fawcett briefing on why we need Rape Crisis Centres and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (2008)
- Women and criminal justice factsheet (2007)
- Anonymity for rape victims (2007)
- Rape: The Facts (2007)
- Fawcett's response to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on effective sentencing
- End Violence Against Women and Fawcett Society briefing on violence against women (2007)
- Expert seminar notes on the Gender Equality Duty (2007)
- Understanding your duty (2006)
- Doing your duty (2006)
- BME women offenders (2006)
Reports by Fawcett's Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System
- Women and justice (2007)
- Justice and equality (2006)
- One Year On (2005)
- Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System Report (2004)
- Interim Report on Women Working in the Criminal Justice System (2004)
- Interim Report on Women and Offending (2003)
- Intermin Report on Victims and Witnesses (2003)
Reports by the Gender and Justice Policy Network
- Provision for women offenders in the community
- Provision for women offenders in the community (Executive summary)
- When Victims Become Offenders: In Search of Coherence in Policy and Practice (2004)
Fawcett publications on other women and justice issues
- Abortion briefing (2006)
- Family courts factsheet (2005)
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Women and the criminal justice system - The Facts - December 2009.doc
Statistics on women in the criminal justice system as victim, offenders and workers.
doc (82.94kb)
A Fawcett Society response to the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007. March 2008
A response from Fawcett on the Government's Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act, giving recommendations regarding the identification and status of a third party application in cases of forced marriage.
pdf (38.82kb)
A Fawcett Society briefing on prostitution. September 2007
A briefing by Fawcett on prostitution, including routes into prostitution, violence, the law, current practice and alternative policies.
pdf (32.76kb)
Why we need Rape Crisis Centres and SARCS. February 2008
A new briefing spelling out why we need Rape Crisis Centres and Sexual Assault Referral Centres.
pdf (1,051.08kb)
Ethnic minority women offenders: Good practice in meeting the needs of ethnic minority women offenders and those at risk of offending. January 2006
A Fawcett Society paper providing practical information on how services can improve their engagement with ethnic minority women offenders and those at risk of offending
pdf (40.36kb)
Anonymity for rape victims
Speech by Jon Collins, Senior Policy Officer, on anonymity for rape victims (2007)
doc (64.00kb)
Rape - The Facts
Up to date statistics on issues relating to rape (2007)
doc (209.92kb)
An End Violence Against Women campaign briefing on International Women's Day. March 2007
The End Violence Against Women (EVAW) campaign is a large coalition of more than 50 individuals and organisations whose vision is of a society where women can live their lives free from violence and the fear of violence.
pdf (52.77kb)
Expert seminar notes
Notes from a Fawcett expert seminar on the Gender Equality Duty and the criminal justice system (2007)
doc (168.96kb)
Understanding your duty: Report on the gender equality duty and criminal justice system. July 2006
A Fawcett Society report on the gender equality duty and the criminal justice system by Holly Dustin, looking at the opportunities the gendeer equality duty presents to address problems around women in the criminal justice system.
pdf (290.37kb)
Doing your duty: Guide to the gender equality duty. July 2006
A practical guide to the gender equality duty which came into force in 2007 (the key recommendation of Fawcett's Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System report, published in 2004).
pdf (195.13kb)
Women and Justice: third annual review of the Commission on women and the criminal justice system. July 2007
The third annual review of Fawcett's Commission on women and the criminal justice system, reviewing existing recommendations, introducing new recommendations and looking at the gender equality duty
pdf (363.46kb)
Justice and Equality: the Second Annual Review of the Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System, March 2006
A Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System annual review, reporting on the Police, Crown Prosecution Service, Legal profession, courts and judiciary, probation and prison.
pdf (194.63kb)
Commission on women and the criminal justice system: one year on report. March 2005
A review of progress since the Fawcett Commission's first report on women and the criminal justice system.
pdf (703.15kb)
Report of the Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice system. March 2004
Report of the Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice system
pdf (2,815.76kb)
Report on women working in the criminal justice system. March 2004
An interim report by the Fawcett Society's Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice system on women working in the criminal justice system.
pdf (2,289.88kb)
Report on women and offending. November 2003
An interim report by the Fawcett Society's Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice System on Women and Offending.
pdf (2,570.86kb)
Report on victims and witnesses. July 2003
An interim report by the Fawcett Society's Commission on Women and the Criminal Justice system on victims and witnesses
pdf (2,620.12kb)
Provision for women offenders in the community. Full report. July 2007.
A report by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Gilly Sharpe and Jenny Roberts, published by the Fawcett Society, on women offenders in the community. Full report.
pdf (1,134.11kb)
Provision for women offenders in the community. Executive summary. July 2007
A report by Loraine Gelsthorpe, Gilly Sharpe and Jenny Roberts, published by the Fawcett Society, on women offenders in the community. Executive summary.
pdf (137.67kb)
When victims become offenders: in search of coherence in policy and practice
A Fawcett Society-published report by Dr Judith Rumgay on victimisation and offending
pdf (129.79kb)
A Fawcett Society briefing on abortion. October 2006
A Fawcett Society briefing on abortion including facts and statistics, recent debates and sources of further information.
pdf (90.37kb)