Professor Tim Hope argues that the most surprising thing about recent revelations that the police fiddle crime figures is that it should have come as any surprise at all.
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Comment
9 April 2014
In advance of the talk he will be giving to the Centre on 28th April, 2014, Professor Eamonn Carrabine writes about the power of images in shaping our understanding of harm.
Comment
3 April 2014
The investigations into the actions of Jimmy Savile have prompted anxious reflections about the protection of children in institutions, the Centre's Research Director Dr Roger Grimshaw writes. Beyond individual inquiries, what is needed is an all-embracing policy initiative, based on a government commitment to enduring and comprehensive solutions.
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3 April 2014
Former probation officer Mike Guilfoyle draws on the example of one of his former clients to discuss the role of courts in the regular review of community sentences as they unfold.
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2 April 2014
Find out what happened at the Justice Matters for Women event last week.
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24 March 2014
JM Moore calls for abolishing the 'traitorous temptation of criminal justice'.
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19 March 2014
Chris Stanley calls for the abolition of the youth courts raising of the age of criminal responsibility and the setting up of a welfare based approach similar to that which exists in most of Europe.
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17 March 2014
'Government spends £187 billion on goods and services with third parties each year, around half of which is estimated to be on contracted out services'. So claims a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), published last week, on the contracting out of public services to the private sector.
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14 March 2014
Tracey McMahon calls for the abolition of community payback and short prison sentences for summary offences.
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11 March 2014
Mark Blake, Project Development Officer at the Black Training and Enterprise Group, argues that black and minority ethnic young people need to join the police to change its culture from within.
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10 March 2014
Roger Matthews, who worked closely with the late Jock Young over many years, writes about Jock Young's influence and the memorial celebration of his life in London later this month.
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6 March 2014
Laurel Townhead argues in favour of prioritising women’s goals – rather than the goals of criminal justice.