Letter of the month
Professor Steve Tombs, one of our Open University colleagues, had a letter published in The Guardian pointing out the differences in responses to murder depending on who the victim...
Professor Steve Tombs, one of our Open University colleagues, had a letter published in The Guardian pointing out the differences in responses to murder depending on who the victim...
John Bowden describes work programmes in prisons as 'slave labour' that negate basic human rights. Read it on the Reclaim Justice Network site.
24% of all deaths registered in England and Wales in 2011 were from potentially avoidable causes.
Norman Tebbit's bizarre comments on same sex marriage caught our eye this month in the Big Issue.
Did you read the second volume of our UK Justice Policy Review? Got any suggestions, comments or criticisms? If you fancy giving us some feedback, then take our...
Instead of walking around the perimeter of his home so the G4S could map the curfew zone to monitor, a teenager gave himself more freedom by...
Argues James Bloodworth on the Left Foot Forward website.
Mike Guilfoyle, a former probation officer, wrote for the Works for Freedom website with a blog about white collar crime under supervision and here you can read a...
We hosted an interesting roundtable on May 17 in our seminar space in partnership with our colleagues at the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR).
Dr Louise Westmarland of ICCCR presented her findings on research she conducted on police integrity. Among Louise's findings was that the police don't appear to think that hitting a suspect when he's down is anything to get too worked up about.
Download Louise's full research...
Earlier this month we held a joint conference with the University of Liverpool's School of Law and Social Justice. The event attracted 150+ attendees and brought together a variety of key figures, including academics, campaigners and journalists, to tackle the issue of corruption in Britain....
The most recent issue of the Prison Service Journal is now available on our website. Articles include Michael Cavadino on economics, politics and penal policy; Mary Rogan on prison policy in times of austerity;...
David Stuckler explains the correlation between unemployment and the suicide rate in the New York Times. Read a transcript...