The scale of child sexual abuse revealed by numerous investigations, case reviews and scandals in recent years has rightly provoked critical social reflection. Part of the government’s...
This essay collection highlights how women facing criminalisation and gender based violence are repeatedly failed by society.
'There is a real issue here about how was it that in the past, but continuing today, the very institutions of the state that should be protecting children were not doing so. Why
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Last week, I was delighted to meet our seven collaborators in the new Alternatives to Custody in Europe project in Rome. Ahead...
'Dauntingly good',
was the description Laurel Townhead at Women in Prison, who is working...
Previous posts in this series have identified various limitations of the criminal justice system for women in keeping with the Centre’s analysis that:
What would you do if he hit you?
Asked the midwife at an antenatal check up. I won’t go into what I said exactly, but the midwife picked up on what I didn’t say...
Prime Minister David Cameron was recently questioned by the House of Common’s Liaison Committee on the...
As a qualitative researcher I’m often quick to point out the limits of interpreting the world through numbers. However, having worked on...
