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Boycott, resistance and the role of the deviant voice
Criminologists should challenge the tendency for research carried out under the aegis of the Home Office to serve the purposes of the current government
News
When evidence and politics collide: The David Nutt affair
On 14 September, 2015, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies hosted a roundtable meeting where we heard from Dr Deborah Drake (The Open University) and Professor Reece Walters (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane).
They discussed their research into the David Nutt affair....
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EU rules on air pollution too lax, according to new study
The Independent reports on a new study published in The Lancet, which found that...
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Air pollution causes cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency within the World Health Organisation, has officially classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic. In a report it claims air pollution from traffic and industrial fumes was a cause of lung cancer and was linked to bladder...
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Crime is in the air: air pollution and regulation in the UK
This briefing focuses on the human costs of air pollution and failed attempts to adequately regulate and control such harm.
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Lessons for the Coalition: an end of term report on New Labour and criminal justice
New light is shed on the challenges facing the coalition in reforming the criminal justice system, with the publication of a report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. In a collection of...
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Critical thinking about the uses of research
The government is reluctant to use the learning from critical, independent evidence based analysis and research to inform criminal justice policy making according to a new report published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.