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The first annual lecture, in memory of Lord Ramsbotham, held on 29 November 2023

We can’t currently trust what the crime data say about the sex of suspects

Do effective programmes in prison help prisoners, or just offer good PR for prisons

MPs should work together, across the party divide, to end the IPP scandal once and for all

Effective work with defendants requires listening and empathy

If released IPP prisoners are being recalled ‘in line with the policy’, the policy is wrong

A serial offender gets a lucky break following an effective probation intervention

The cause of criminal justice reform needs more outsiders to shake things up

Tributes to Mike Guilfoyle, who died on 19 November 2023

Effective probation practice sometimes requires maximum flexibility

Serious Violence Reduction Orders are being used far more widely than planned

The presumption against short prison sentences is a blunt tool to address a real problem