Recessions cause harm in a number of ways, argues Richard Garside. It may be too early to tell whether the current recession will result in higher levels of crime in general, or violence in particular.
Comment
Speech
18 February 2011
This is a presentation given by Richard Garside at an invite only seminar - Criminal justice under the coalition - in February 2011. Other speakers at the event included Professor Eugene McLaughlin, Professor Rod Morgan and Professor Lee Bridges.
Comment
10 February 2011
Richard Garside wonders why so many people find it so difficult to see beyond the label when it comes to prisoners and those subject to criminal justice capture
Comment
21 January 2011
Richard Garside points out the myth of road sharing when it comes to motorists and cyclists.
Comment
14 January 2011
Richard Garside welcomes the closure of some old prisons. But with more then 200,000 people locked up against their will in prison, immigration detention or police custody every year, there is still much to do.
Comment
5 January 2011
Richard Garside argues that defining what crime is and is not is rather more complex than at first appears.
Speech
13 December 2010
The write up of the speech given by Richard Garside on December 9, 2010 at a Barrow Cadbury Trust hosted roundtable on criminal justice innovation. Richard was debating with Aubrey Fox of the New York Center for Court Innovation.
Comment
30 November 2010
Lee Bridges, Emeritus Professor of the University of Warwick School of Law, responds to Louise Casey's recent paper 'Ending the justice waiting game: a plea for common sense'.
Comment
4 November 2010
Giving prisoners the vote is right, argues Richard Garside. But it far from the most pressing challenging affecting the prison system.
Comment
20 October 2010
Contrary to complaints from some high profile figures, the police have done well out of the spending review, Richard Garside argues.
Comment
23 July 2010
Crispin Blunt's spot of bother with Downing Street for suggesting that prisoners need hope tells us a lot about the current debate on prison reform, argues Richard Garside
Comment
15 July 2010
Richard Garside argues that it is the way we organise society, not the levels of crime, that is the strongest influence on our prison numbers.