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Our director Richard Garside appeared on Going Underground, Russia Today's UK current affairs programme, talking about absconding prisoners, electronic monitoring and criminal justice privatisation.
Richard argued that the vast majority of prisoners did not need to be held in high...
The House of Commons Justice Committee is planning to undertake a second inquiry into 'joint enterprise' provisions, the Institute for Race Relations reports.
Joint enterprise, the Institute notes, allows for:
'individuals who ‘knowingly assisted or encouraged’ a crime to be charged as though they had personally committed the crime themselves. ‘Knowing assistance’ can include where defendants ‘should have foreseen’ the results of
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Today's announcement by the Home Secretary Theresa May that the Police Federation will no longer receive public funds has attracted much attention.
In her speech to the...
Private outsourcing company Serco is to be investigated by the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, The Guardian reports. The investigation comes after the...
Jordan Beaumont, one of our fabby interns from the University of Surrey, completes his placement with us this week.
We'd like to thank him for the great contribution he has made during his time with us and wish him the best for the future.
You can read what Jordan wrote for this...
Sussex police were yesterday accused of using mass arrests and draconian bail conditions as a means of criminalising lawful anti-fracking protests.
A series of trials involving protestors, including the Green MP Caroline Lucas, resulted in only 29 convictions. Lydia Dagostino, a solicitor...
A senior officer in the Police Service of Northern Ireland has rejected Sinn Féin claims of a 'dark side' at work in the force.
Chief Superintendant Nigel Grimshaw said that officers in the force should...
The Guardian reports on a written submission to MPs by the Judicial Executive Board, which blames legal aid cuts for outbreaks of courtoom violence.
The Board, made up of the most...
Our director Richard Garside was quoted by The Guardian over the weekend, on mandatory sentences for knife carrying.
Richard said that the...
Each year the Editors of the British Journal of Criminology award the Radzinowicz Prize for the article that in their view has most contributed to knowledge of criminal justice issues and the development of criminology.
The prize is named in honour of...
