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Numbers of the month: avoidable deaths
24% of all deaths registered in England and Wales in 2011 were from potentially avoidable causes.
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Losing the plot?
Norman Tebbit's bizarre comments on same sex marriage caught our eye this month in the Big Issue.
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Time to share
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...
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Pulling a fast one
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...
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As well as talking tough on police killers, Theresa May should look at police brutality
Argues James Bloodworth on the Left Foot Forward website.
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Working for freedom
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...
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Banged to rights
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...
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How corrupt is Britain?
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....
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Prison Service Journal
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;...
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How austerity kills....
David Stuckler explains the correlation between unemployment and the suicide rate in the New York Times. Read a transcript...
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Numbers of the month: tasers
50: The number of 'mentally-ill patients 'tasered' in three years' according to The Independent...
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British Journal of Criminology
The May issue of the BJC is out now. Topics include crime and inequality, responsibilization in youth justice, death penalty and much more. And don't forget, if you are a member of the Centre for Crime and Justice...