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Does criminal justice work? The 'Right for the wrong reasons' debate

Cover: Does criminal justice work? The 'Right for the wrong reasons' debate Edited by Richard Garside and Will McMahon (October 2006)

Contributions from: Rob Allen, Nick Clegg MP, Geoff Dobson, Edward Garnier QC MP, Richard Garside, Professor Ian Loader, Will McMahon, Professor Joe Sim.

Following the publication of Right for the wrong reasons in July 2006, the Crime and Society Foundation requested responses to the arguments in the essay. Does criminal justice work? contains the original essay plus responses from a number of key thinkers on criminal justice policy. The Foundation is grateful for the many other responses we received from practitioners and academics which we have published online and can be found here. For more information about the Foundation's work in this area, click here.

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