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30 January 2023

The recent news from Scotland about a double rapist initially sent to Scotland’s only female-...

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20 January 2023

A piquant phrase caught my attention in Hugh Ryan’s remarkably engrossing book, The Women’s...

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10 January 2023

The headline in this Guardian piece is somewhat misleading.

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23 December 2022

In September we published our new strategy, the first stage of what we see as a decade-long...

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21 December 2022

If criminal justice is to be a proper function of a democratic state, it makes sense to consult...

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18 December 2022

Sometimes books leave you with uncomfortable after-effects of outrage and disgust.

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15 December 2022

The first message I received this morning was a text to inform me David Ramsbotham had died.

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27 November 2022

An article in today's Observer newspaper paints a worrying picture.

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25 November 2022

Is the Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, prepared to take decisive action to address the multiple...

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24 November 2022

“Show me a miscarriage of justice and, nine times out of 10, I will show you the blueprint that...

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22 November 2022

This week the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies published a second edition of the Usual...

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17 November 2022

It was with keen anticipation that I read a newly-published book, Reimagining Probation Practice...