Social Enterprise Research and Innovation Foundation (SERIF)

SERIF champions socially enterprising approaches to the rehabilitation of offenders, and the diversion of those deemed at risk from offending behaviour. The purpose of SERIF is to create a virtuous circle between policy and research so that each influences the other, thus academic and action research responds to the needs of policy makers and policy makers’ decisions are informed by rigorous evidence.

The link to this site gives reviews of research and evaluations or reports on practice.

As well as carrying out original research, SERIF actively promotes knowledge transfer within and between academia, the public sector and the civil sector - it works with civil sector organisations, the Criminal Justice System (CJS) and academia to improve the quality and effectiveness of interventions.