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Statement on transgender prisoners
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies focuses on the education of the public around issues relating to the criminal justice system across the UK.
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Antisocial behaviour research cited in new report
The centre's research on antisocial behaviour powers and young adults has been cited in the latest research from the Institute of Race Relations.
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Centre's research on stop and search cited
Our research on stop and search has been cited in a parliamentary debate on serious violence as to the limited effectiveness of stop and search on crime reduction.
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Centre's director in the New York Times
The Centre's director, Richard Garside, was quoted in the New York Times last week.
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Joint call for closure of Medway secure training centre
The Centre's director, Richard Garside, is co-signatory of a letter calling for Medway's closure.
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Centre's research on anti-social behaviour cited
The Fifteenth Special Report, Controlling dangerous dogs, has used the Centre's research briefing, Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults (2018) to inform its review of the effectiveness of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.
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Drill music not a criminal offence
The Centre's director, Richard Garside, is co-signatory to a letter in Sunday's Guardian criticising police use of so-called 'drill-injunctions'.
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Holloway prison update
The private developer that owns the Territorial Army site next to Holloway prison is now stating they can offer only 30 per cent of their development for affordable housing, reports the Islington Tribune.
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Evidence mounts on Glasgow's Violence Reduction Unit
Susan McVie, Ellie Bates and Rebecca Pillinger recently published their research findings on violence reduction in Glasgow and London on the LSE blog.
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End Child Imprisonment campaign latest
In November, we launched the campaign to end child imprisonment along with Article 39, Howard League for Penal Reform, INQUEST, Just for Kids Law and the National Association for Youth Justice.
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Joint letter in The Observer to David Gauke
The Centre's director, Richard Garside, is co-signatory of a letter to Minister of Justice David Gauke.
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Major conference on prison abolition in May 2019
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies and the Harm & Evidence Research Collaborative at The Open University, in partnership with Professor Joe Sim of Liverpool John Moores University, will be holding a major conference on prison abolition in the UK in 2019.