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Promoting good practice in criminal justice
 

Welcome to Churches' Criminal Justice Forum

The Churches' Criminal Justice Forum is a network of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. Its purpose is to uphold Christian values in the field of criminal justice, to promote awareness of criminal justice issues in the churches and to make representations to Government on behalf of the churches. It advocates the use of restorative justice, supports Christians working in the criminal justice system, and promotes community projects to reduce offending.

Next Network Meeting
Thursday, 28 October, 2010 - 12:00View Details >

Network Meetings are organised at least twice a year, usually in the spring and the autumn, once in London and once outside. They are open to anyone (whether Christian or not) who is interested to attend. They provide an opportunity for Christians involved in the criminal justice system to discuss current topics in criminal justice policy, to be updated on Christian initiatives in the field, and to share news of the work being done by their own organisations and groups.

Latest News: Clinks Volunteering Guide

Please look at the Clinks Volunteering and Mentoring 
guides for those involving volunteers or using mentors
to work with offenders and ex-offenders. The guides 
are available at www.clinks.org/volunteeringguides.aspx. 
They have been developed by Volunteering England, 
Charities Evaluation Services, and the Mentoring and 
Befriending Foundation. The project has been funded
by the Ministry of Justice. 

 

 

The Fear Factory

CCJF has joined the coalition which has formed around a new documentary film looking at youth justice.  The media’s negative focus  on young people leads government into ‘knee-jerk’ reactions – creating a ‘fear factory’.  The aim of the coalition is to challenge these stereotypes of young offenders and educate policy makers into more realistic and proportional responses to genuinely offending behaviour.  The actual film The Fear Factory runs about 55 minutes and is now available on DVD and be bought direct from the makers, Spirit Level Films.  More information from: Rachel Bird / 020 7569 3039 / 07952 145854 / rachel@spiritlevelfilm.com / www.thefearfactory.co.uk