Press Releases

British state sanctioned violence is routine, for the most part unaccountable, and continues to wreak havoc on the lives of people in the UK and abroad, according to the latest issue of Criminal Justice Matters `Violence of the British State', published today (07/12/2010) by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. The authors offer disturbing accounts of violence permitted under the watch of the British state.  read more ...  

Rises in spending on the magistrates' courts and the Crown Court in the past ten years pose difficult choices for the coalition government, according to a report published today by the independent Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. The report is part of the Spending Briefing series, funded by the Hadley Foundation, which documents trends in criminal justice spending.  read more ...  

Academics warn against `minority report' crime fighting approaches in the latest issue of Criminal Justice Matters published today (06/09/2010) by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. A special themed section edited by Professor David Wall of Durham University, considers how `pre crime' methods are increasingly and disturbingly becoming part of the crime prevention landscape.  read more ...  

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 ...