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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 ...
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| `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 ...
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| 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 ...
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| Exploring penal reform (14/09/09) |
Is penal reform working?
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