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Review joint enterprise law urges Justice Committee
The House of Commons Justice Committee has called for an urgent review of the law on joint enterprise.
This law enables a group of people to...
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Season's meetings
The Centre's team has been busy attending a range of external meetings this month.
Here's a run down of where we've been:
- Research and Policy Associate, Catherine Heard, attended the Probation Institute conference. You can read about the conference and download the programme ...
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Police cells won't be used as places of safety for teenagers
Teenagers with mental health needs will no longer be held in police cells for their safety, reports The Guardian. The new reforms will be announced later this week by the...
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I would build... collective capacity for policy change
Deborah Drake of the Open University and Neena Samota, writing on the Reclaim Justice Network website have called for ...
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January issue of British Journal of Criminology available
Christmas has arrived early! - The January 2015 issue of the British Journal of Criminology (Volume 55, issue 1) is out now (subscription only).
Articles include:
- Julian Hargreaves' headline- ...
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Poster campaign accuses police of racism
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Cuts require criminal justice reform
Police forces across England and Wales must reform if they are to survive austerity cuts, claims the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Bernard Hogan-Howe,...
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New report: Young black and/or muslim men in the criminal justice system
On Wednesday 10 December, The Young Review was released and Rebecca Roberts, Senior Policy Associate attended the launch at the House of Lords. The review investigates the experiences and outcomes of young black and/or Muslim men in the...
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Inequality slows economic growth
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development released a report on Tuesday suggesting that higher levels of inequality slow economic growth, reports The Guardian....
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Global Status Report on Violence Prevention 2014
A joint report from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reveals that 475 000 people were murdered in 2012, and homicide is the third leading cause of death globally for males aged 15-44 years. Despite...
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Government over-reliant on G4S and Serco
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has released a report today warning that Government has become over-reliant on a...
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Half a story? Muslim victimisation
A new study based on data from the Crime Survey of England and Wales suggests that British Muslims are not as affected by violent crime nor as disapproving of the police as previously thought, reports...