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`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. (10/03/10)

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 ...  

 

`Coercion and punishment of young people counter-productive' claims leading expert in forensic criminal psychology (26/02/10)

Embargo: Friday 26 February 2010: 00:01 hours  read more ...  

 

Alcohol more harmful than many illegal drugs, claims drugs expert (29/10/09)

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 ...  

 

Exploring penal reform (14/09/09)

Is penal reform working?

Strategies for penal reform are placed under critical scrutiny in the September issue of Criminal Justice Matters, the magazine of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College London.  read more ...  

 

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