15 April 2026

Joint Enterprise: A view over time

Courts and sentencing, Prosecution, Race and ethnicity, Young adults

Open report
Joint Enterprise: A view over time

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report draws on two decades of data to track multi-defendant homicide prosecutions in England and Wales and the concerns they raise around fairness, youth involvement, and racial disproportionality. The findings outline a disproportionate impact on young adults, persisting racial disparities, and increasing sentence lengths.

Criminal Justice, young adults
Behind the decline

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at the shrinking young adult population within the criminal justice system who are experiencing increasingly harsher treatment.

May 2026
Reimagining justice for children and young adults
April 2026
Joint Enterprise: A view over time

The report looks at two decades of data on joint enterprise, finding a disproportionate impact on young adults and persistent racial disparities.