CCJS is an independent charity at King's College London that informs and educates about all aspects of crime and the criminal justice system.

What's New

Click here for your invitation to the What is crime? photography exhibition at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning.

CCJS event: What is crime? Photography exhibition being held on 4 July-21 August 2009 at 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Brixton, London.

CCJS event: The Eve Saville memorial lecture 2009 - Estimating drug harms: a risky business being held on 14 July 2009 at Edmond J. Safra lecture theatre, King's College London, 6-7pm.

Our Email Bulletin June 2009 is online.

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Press Release: `Tragic bargains' and a constant struggle for survival, claims new research on voluntary organisations working with young black people - Voluntary and community organisations working with black young people affected by crime face making `tragic bargains in their constant struggle for sustainability,' according to new research from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College London (1). Funding arrangements characterised by `bland, generic provision' with a questionable ability to address young people's needs too often appear to be the result, the research concludes.  read more ...

Press Release: Little evidence of success for tough action on knife crime, report suggests - There is little evidence to support police-led interventions to tackle knife violence, research from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College London has concluded. Following a comprehensive review of gun and knife crime strategies, the report - `Young people, knives and guns' - concludes that a `zero tolerance' approach to weapon possession `is ineffective in reducing crime or changing attitudes' among young people. It also casts doubt on the effectiveness of stop and search tactics and suggests `that police actions alone are unlikely to have a major impact on the carrying of knives'.  read more ...

Press Release: Criminal justice and social justice - children and young people in their own words - One of the hallmarks of the last decade has been a law and order focus on children and young people. Yet, the voices of children and young people are rarely heard in the development of criminal or social justice policy and practices. This themed issue of Criminal Justice Matters, edited by Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the Children's Commissioner for England, places children and young people's voices at the centre of the debate.  read more ...

Press Release: Clarification of research findings published today in relation to gun and knife crime - Monday, March 16, 2009 - For immediate release - A report in today's Times newspaper cited research conducted for the Children's Commissioner for England, which suggested that police stop and search tactics cut gun and knife crime.  read more ...

Highlights

Check out The Independent coverage of the winners of the What is Crime? photo competition here.

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Learn more about community sentences by looking at our recently completed community sentences project and associated publications.


Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, King's College London, Strand, WC2R 2LS
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