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Press Release: Prison and probation spending soared under Labour, new report shows. Embargo: 00.01 hours, Friday, July 16, 2010 - Spending on the prison and probation system in England and Wales has grown by 36 percent in real terms since 2004 despite a major reorganisation that was meant to save money, a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has found. Prison and probation expenditure 1999 - 2009 found that spending on the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) - which combines the costs of operating the prison, probation and headquarters function - rose in real terms from £3.6 billion in 2004/05 to £4.9 billion in 2008/09. read more ...
Our Email Bulletin June 2010 is online. The next bulletin will be September 2010
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Press Release: Little evidence of success for Family Intervention Projects, report suggests. Embargo 00:01 Friday 25 June - There is little evidence to support the intensive Family Intervention Project (1) a new briefing published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has concluded. read more ...
Press Release: Spending on the police up by 50 percent over last decade, new report claims. Embargo: 00.01hrs, Thursday 13 May 2010 - Spending on the police in England and Wales grew by nearly 50 per cent between 1999 and 2009, according to a new report published today (13/05/10) by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Police expenditure 1999-2009, the first independent study of police authority spending over the last decade, found that police expenditure grew in real terms from £9.83 billion in 1998/1999 to £14.55 billion in 2008/2009. It also found that much of the burden of this rise fell on local council taxpayers, rather than the Home Office. read more ...
Press Release: `Dear Minister...' experts write open letters to incoming government with advice about criminal justice policy - others critically examine New Labour's record. Embargo: 00.01 hours, Wednesday, 10 March 2010. - New Labour's criminal justice policies and past practices are critically examined and advice is offered to an incoming minister in the eve-of-election edition of Criminal Justice Matters (1), the magazine of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (2), published today. The pre-election issue, titled `End of an error', includes: read more ...
Press Release: `Coercion and punishment of young people counter-productive' claims leading expert in forensic criminal psychology - Embargo: Friday 26 February 2010: 00:01 hours read more ...
Press Release: Alcohol more harmful than many illegal drugs, claims drugs expert - Alcohol probably poses the biggest drugs harm challenge today, according to a new briefing from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. In `Estimating drug harms: a risky business', Professor David Nutt, of Imperial College London argues that the relative harms of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco are greater than those of a number of illegal drugs, including cannabis, LSD and ecstasy. read more ...
Lord Chancellor gives first keynote address to Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
The Centre's director, Richard Garside said: 'Ken Clarke raised a number of very important questions which have not been aired for some years: about the future of sentencing policy, what we do with our bloated prison population, the role of community sentencing. As always, the devil is going to be in the detail. But this speech has the potential to mark the start of a more rational and coherent approach to criminal justice reform.' The speech in full can be accessed here.
cjm 80 - Transitions to adulthood
A new issue of criminal justice matters is available for members to download
Reform sector strategies
The Centre is embarking on a new 18 month project which aims to make a major contribution to informing coherent and credible policies to halt and reverse prison growth in England and Wales. For more information about the project click here.
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What is crime?
The What is crime? initiative stimulates debate about what crime is through briefing papers and an exciting photograph competition.
Criminal Justice Matters
Our quarterly magazine is a must read for practitioners, academics, students and policy makers.
Harm and Society
Harm and Society is an innovative project, focusing on social policy, harm and justice issues.
British Journal of Criminology
The Centre's academic journal is one of the world's top criminology journals.
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