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Criminology on trial
P A J Waddington has written a post on the Oxford University Press blog on the recent social harm debate at the British Society of Criminology conference. Our...
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Five preventable child deaths a day in Britain
The president of the Royal College of Paediatricians and Child Health has told The Observer that around 2,000 children in Britain die each year from preventable health problems. She said:...
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When evidence matters, and when it doesn't
This comparison made us smile
UK government; Plain packs 'Not enough evidence - we wait' #khat 'Not enough evidence - we act'
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Government abandons plain cigarette packaging plans
The government has abandoned plans for plain cigarette packaging, in another case of pre-election barnacle scraping.
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Boom-time for legal loan sharks
Class, the Centre for Labour and Social Studies, is calling for the government to set a cap on the cost of credit and end self-regulation in a new report on payday lending.
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Fresh concern raised over Taser safety after seventh death in 10 years
The Independent covers the latest taser-induced death, this time in Manchester, where 23 year old Jordan Begley died in front of his mother. His employer Peter Sivori told the paper:
'He was first class, he was a good worker, a bit quietish but he was hard-working'
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Minimum price for alcohol to be abandoned
The home secretary Theresa May will announce next week that plans for a minimum alcohol price are to be abandoned, according to The Daily Telegraph...
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Universal credit is simple: work more and get paid less
Polly Toynbee takes a look at the universal credit in her Guardian column.
'Take a single parent with two children: if she works a day and a half on the minimum
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G4S facing serious fraud office investigation over tagging charges
The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has told parliament that the Serious Fraud Office is to investigate whether G4S fraudulently overcharged the Ministry of Justice for the electronic tagging of those convicted of offences....
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Ex-US president Jimmy Carter on drugs sentencing
Thanks to Incarceration Report for sharing this comment by Jimmy Carter on drug offence sentencing:
"Penalties against possession of a drug should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself..." - Jimmy Carter
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Utopian thinking
We thought this new book applying utopian thinking to questions of crime and justice looked interesting. Shame about the prize tag. Ouch! It's also due out in a more affordable ebook format.
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Public health statistics could be scrapped to save money
There's a worrying story in today's Guardian claiming that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) might stop publishing official statistics on smoking, drinking,...