In his first speech as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, the Rt Hon Ken Clarke set out the government's plans for criminal justice reform at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
Speech
Speech
7 June 2010
The text of a speech given by Richard Garside to a meeting of the Corston Independent Funders Coalition.
Comment
5 June 2010
Richard Garside wrote the following article for a New Statesman special policy report on crime. The full report can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
Comment
21 May 2010
Don't expect the austerity agenda to deliver a smaller criminal justice system or penal moderation any time soon, argues Richard Garside
Comment
13 April 2010
Richard Garside summarises the Centre's recently published pamphlet on young adults: From criminal justice to social justice.
Comment
19 March 2010
Richard Garside reviews 'Punishing the Poor' by Loic Wacquant.
Speech
10 March 2010
Speech by Richard Garside to the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies conference on Criminal Justice in an Age of Austerity and Change.
Comment
9 March 2010
Richard Littlejohn, scourge of liberals and lefties everywhere, wrote a surprisingly thoughtful piece on Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, the killers of James Bulger. Richard Garside reproduces it in this post.
Comment
27 February 2010
Richard Garside highlights a Strategy Unit report claiming that the crime fall is mostly down to economic, not criminal justice, factors
Comment
17 February 2010
Richard Garside takes a long-term look at levels of income inequality.
Comment
15 February 2010
In a previous post I highlighted the selective reworking of a graph on inequality by the government. Now it’s the turn of the Conservative party to pull the same trick, in their new report, Labour’s Two Nations.
Comment
12 February 2010
Alan Johnson has enjoyed a less than glittering career as Home Secretary. His impulsive dismissal of David Nutt as chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs cemented a reputation as a politician uninterested in research evidence.