cjm 62: Uses of Research
Questions are raised about the reliability of Home Office research in a series of articles by criminologists, including former senior Home Office researchers, published in the latest edition of Criminal Justice Matters, CCJS' quarterly magazine. Three of the articles can be downloaded here in PDF form.
Editorial (Adobe PDF, 113KB) - Rebecca Roberts
Things can only get better (Adobe PDF, 906KB) - Tim Hope questions the evidence in evidence-based policy making
Boycott, Resistance and The Role of the Deviant Voice (Adobe PDF, 141KB). Reece Walters argues that research carried out under the aegis of the Home Office serves the purposes of the current government. He calls for the development of a criminology that challenges the existing social order.
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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 62
- EDITORIAL
Rebecca Roberts - THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER
Tim Hope questions the evidence in evidence-based policy making - BOYCOTT, RESISTANCE AND THE ROLE OF THE DEVIANT VOICE
Reece Walters argues that research carried out under the aegis of the Home Office serves the purposes of the current government. - CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH: TYPOLOGIES VERSUS HIERARCHIES
Loraine Gelsthorpe and Gilly Sharpe argue for a broader range of methodological tools. - CRIME, SCIENCE AND EVALUATION
Gloria Laycock describes what established scientific method brings to the developing field of crime science. - ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATIONS
Nick Tilley describes the limitations of experimental methods. - RESEARCH INTO YOUTH JUSTICE AND THE EFFECTIVE PRACTICE AGENDA
Maggie Blyth looks at how the 'effective practice agenda' draws on research to improve youth justice services. - THE USES AND ABUSES OF STATISTICS
Roy Carr-Hill gives examples of how statistics have been used and misused in the formation of policy and in the practice of law. - SHINING A LIGHT ON EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY: STREET LIGHTING AND CRIME
Paul Marchant disputes the methods, and therefore the outcome, of an influential study that is the government's rationale for increased street lighting. - HOW MUCH CAN GENETICS TELL US ABOUT THE CAUSES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE?
Joe Schwartz debunks the assumptions behind studies into the genetic causes of criminal behaviour.ASBOs: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERSJudy Nixon agrees with the European Human Rights Commissioner that the use of ASBOs presents some serious concerns. She summarises what is known to date, and calls for more research to clarify what ASBOs are doing, where, and to whom. - FROM THE STREETS TO THE SUITES: RESEARCHING CORPORATE CRIME
Gazing downward at the least powerful members of society is easy compared to finding out what big business is up to. Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte argue that society needs research to shift its focus. - CRIMINAL OBSESSIONS: CRIME ISN'T THE ONLY HARM
Paddy Hillyard says we should stop looking at crime and start looking at social harm. - POLICING THE BORDERS OF CRIME: WHO DECIDES RESEARCH?
Danny Dorling looks at the relationship between poverty and mortality.