Crest is undertaking further research to understand how out of court disposals can be used to reduce pressure on the courts.

Crest is researching the experience of mothers in the prison system and the wider impacts and costs of maternal imprisonment.

The third phase of Crest's programme of research into drivers of serious violence examines vulnerability.

Police forces are on the frontline in combating extremism, confronting a span of offences affected by extremist attitudes.

Crest alongside The Police Foundation, the UK’s policing think tank, are undertaking new research into how policing has coped with Covid-19.

Crest is researching the criminal exploitation of looked after children in two police force areas, North Wales and Merseyside.

Crest is undertaking new research to understand how COVID-19 is impacting the criminal justice system.

Crest is running a two-year programme of work examining the underlying causes and drivers of serious violence.

We are working with PCCs on this project (funded by The Hadley Trust) to measure the effectiveness of local criminal justice systems.