Roger Matthews, long-time collaborator with the late Jock Young, writes about his influence
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Prioritise women’s goals, rather than the goals of the criminal justice system
Abolish the police service and establish of a civil harm-response unit
Reflecting on the importance of offering emotional support to probation service clients
If criminal justice is not the starting point for reducing harms to women, what is?
Violence is more than just a criminal act. It is a process. It is endemic
What would you abolish? Why would you abolish it? What positive may come from it?
We can’t rely on criminal justice to address violence against women
There are systemic failings in the way criminal justice responds to criminalised women
Are private prosecutions blurring the boundaries between private companies and public bodies
The UK’s over-reliance on policing, prosecution and punishment is harmful and wasteful
Rebecca Roberts and Helen Mills ask what downsizing criminal justice could mean for women