Rebecca Roberts was Senior Policy Associate until December 2017. In this role she undertook policy development and project oversight. Rebecca's interests include social harm, feminism, abolitionism and alternatives to criminal justice.
After joining the Centre in 2004, Rebecca was involved in a range of projects and publications and was formerly the Managing Editor of Criminal Justice Matters magazine. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics in Criminal Justice Policy and is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Open University. Rebecca is on the steering group of the Reclaim Justice Network.
Articles, speeches and publications:
2017
- Roberts, R. Luxury development or homes for locals? The battle for Holloway prison The Guardian, 06 October 2017
- Roberts, R. Criminal justice after austerity: are there radical possibilities? Independent, 04 July 2017
- Garside, R., Ford, M., Mills, H., Roberts., UK Justice Policy Review Volume 6, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Roberts, R. More mega-prisons won't fix a broken society, openDemocracyUK, February 2017
- Roberts R. Reclaiming Holloway Homes, Red Pepper March 2017
2016
- Moore, JM and Roberts, R. (2016) 'What lies beyond criminal justice? Developing transformative solutions', Justice, Power and Resistance
- Roberts, R. G4S: Don't blame us, blame the prison system, Reclaim Justice Network website, June 2016
- Roberts, R. Alternatives to Holloway, Reclaim Justice Network website, March 2016
- McMahon, W. and Roberts, R. Cameron's prison reform: Asset stripping and privatisation, openDemocracyUK, February 2016
2015
- Roberts, R. and Cain, C. Holloway: The beginning of a revolution?, CCJS website 10/12/2015
- Roberts, R. Criminal justice in times of austerity, Speech to the Defend the Right to Protest conference, November 2015
- Roberts, R. Criminal justice 'transformation' a wolf in sheep's clothing? CCJS website, 14/10/2015
- Roberts, R. Racism and criminal justice, Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 101
- Roberts, R. I would build... a blueprint for change, CCJS website, 13/07/15
- Roberts, R. (2015) Can we do better? Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 100
- Roberts, R. Empower women, resist injustice, transform lives. Speech to the Justice Matters for Women Conference, May 2015
- Roberts, R. (2015) Police corruption, spying and racism. The ethnic penalty Speech, 06/02/2015
- Mills, H., Roberts, R. and Townsend, L. (2015) Empower, resist, transform. A collection of essays, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
2014
- Roberts, R. Violence against women: Changing the prescription, CCJS website 17/09/14
- Grimshaw, R., Roberts, R., Bebbington, P., Dowling, M., Hougham, C. (2014) Institutional Care and Poverty: Evidence and Policy Review, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Roberts, R. Putting women in their place CCJS website 13/08/14
- Mills, H. and Roberts, R. Justice Matters for Women: Lifting the lids on Pandora's box' Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 96, No. 1
- Roberts, R. Little to lose, much to gain, CCJS website 28/05/14
- Roberts, R. Is Lady Justice blind or just blinkered? CCJS website 19/02/14
- Townhead, L. and Roberts, R. Punishing women and criminal justice failure CCJS website 05/02/14
- Roberts, R. and Mills, H. Lifting the lid on Pandora's box. Criminal justice and reducing the harms that women face, CCJS website 27/01/2014
2013
- Roberts, R. Is criminal justice a form of violence against women?, CCJS website, 25/11/2013
- Roberts, R. The struggle? It's only just beginning, CCJS website, 11/11/2013
- Roberts, R. The decline of criminal justice?, Reclaim Justice Network, 24/06/2013
- Roberts, R. A school for criminals? Reclaim Justice Network, 07/05/2013
- Roberts, R. Truth and lies. Criminal justice myths uncovered, Reclaim Justice Network, 25/01/2013
- Roberts, R. The need for a new coalition to tackle penal excess, Speech: Reclaim Justice Network, 17/09/2013
2005-2012
- Mills, H. and Roberts, R. (2012) Reducing the numbers in custody: looking beyond criminal justice solutions, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Roberts, R. (2012) Confronting penal excess, Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 90, No 1
- Roberts, R. and Silvestri, A. (2012) Political promises and policy narratives in Critical reflections: social and criminal justice in the first year of Coalition government, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Roberts, R. (2011) Justice, harm and official statistics in Silvestri A. (ed) Lessons for the Coalition, an end of term report on New Labour and criminal justice, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- McMahon, W. and Roberts, R. (2011) Truth and lies about ‘race’ and crime Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 83, No.1
- Roberts, R. (2011) The Hall of Mirrors: Criminal justice myths uncovered Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 83, No. 1
- McMahon, W. and Roberts, R. (2011) Where’s the harm in it? Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 71, No. 1
- Mills, H. and Roberts, R. (2011) Is penal reform working? Community sentences and reform sector strategies Criminal Justice Matters Vol 84, No.1
- Roberts, R. (2010) Debating bad language in criminal justice Criminal Justice Matters Vol 82, No. 1
- Roberts, R. and McMahon, W. (2008) Ethnicity, harm and crime, London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Roberts, R. and McMahon, W. (2008) What is crime? Criminal Justice Matters, Vol 74, No.1
- Roberts, R. and McMahon, W. (2007) Social justice and criminal justice London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
- Roberts, R. (2006) Crime and victimisation: the big picture Article: Safer Society, NACRO
- Roberts, R. and Garside, R. (2005) Punishment before justice? London: Crime and Society Foundation