In the fifth of a series of posts in advance of this week's How Violent is Britain? conference Dr David Stuckler of the University of Oxford and Dr Sarah Steele of Queen Mary, University of London, argue that dog-whistle immigration politics runs counter to the principles by which the National Health Service was originally established.
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13 May 2014
In the fourth of a series of posts in advance of this week's How Violent is Britain? conference Dr Victoria Canning of Liverpool John Moores University argues that the British government’s treatment of survivors of torture, sexual violence, and persecution is all too often degrading and dehumanising violence.
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12 May 2014
In the third of a series of posts in advance of this week's How Violent is Britain? conference Dr Will Jackson of Liverpool John Moores University writes about the 'out of control' policing of anti-fracking protestors.
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9 May 2014
In the second of a series of posts in advance of next week's How Violent is Britain? conference, Professor Barry Goldson of the University of Liverpool writes of the long shadow of persistent failure, misery, scandal, human suffering, abuse and violence in children's prisons.
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8 May 2014
In the first of a series of posts in advance of next week's How Violent is Britain? conference Dr David Whyte of the University of Liverpool argues that violence is big business for British institutions.
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7 May 2014
Ben Bowling, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at King's College London, gives a cautious welcome to the Home Secretary's proposals to reform stop and search.
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29 April 2014
There is no getting away from the awfulness of what unfolded yesterday at Corpus Christi Catholic College. The fatal stabbing of teacher Ann Maguire was a shocking event.
A much respected public servant, committed to one of the most important responsibilities of all - educating the next generation - killed in distressing circumstances in front of a number of her students and colleagues.
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29 April 2014
Patrick Williams of Manchester Metropolitan University discusses recent research demonstrating that the police in Manchester are disproportionately, and wrongly, identifying young black, asian and minority ethnic people as being gang members.
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28 April 2014
Marian Fitzgerald, Visiting Professor of Criminology, University of Kent, that the 'too good to be true' fall in the Crime Survey for England and Wales requires serious consideration of its possible limitations.
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24 April 2014
We know a lot less about trends in violence than we think and our explanations for their rises and falls are not up to much either, Richard Garside argues.
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16 April 2014
During March we held two really interesting and challenging Justice Matters events.
On Monday, 24th March we held the 'Justice Matters partners' event, focusing on the initiative as a whole. Though relatively small in number, the discussion among those who attended was excellent.
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