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Contrary to complaints, the police have done well out of the spending review
Downing Street could do with developing a sense of humour
Social organisation, not the levels of crime, is the strongest influence on prison numbers
Don't expect the austerity agenda to deliver a smaller criminal justice system
Richard Garside summarises a recent pamphlet on young adults
Richard Garside reviews 'Punishing the Poor' by Loic Wacquant
Richard Littlejohn's surprisingly thoughtful piece on Jon Venables and Robert Thompson
The crime fall is mostly down to economic, not criminal justice, factors
Richard Garside takes a long-term look at levels of income inequality
How to use a graph to disappear a problem
The poor have much shorter lives than the rich
The rich are getting richer, leaving the poor behind