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Dame Vera Baird QC on domestic violence
Earlier this week, the Victims' Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird QC, was in the news, arguing that there had been a "catastrophic" decline in rape prosecutions.
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Inside Time cites the Centre's work
The national newspaper for prisoners and detainees, Inside Time, has referenced our work on the prison population.
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UK Justice Policy Review "always makes for a fascinating read"
We recently published our annual criminal justice policy roundup, UK Justice Policy Review 9.
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Black Lives Matter, policing and the criminal justice system
A couple of weeks ago, Adam Elliott Cooper of the University of Greenwich and The Monitoring Group, and Liz Fekete of the Institute of Race Relations, spoke about black lives matter, policing and the criminal justice system at one of our webinars.
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Great Britain on course for massive prison expansion
Great Britain is on course for a massive expansion in prison capacity, according to a new assessment from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, out today.
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We can't solve our social problems through increasing the power of the police and prison system
At our webinar on socially distanced justice, Adam Elliott-Cooper from The Monitoring Group and the University of Greenwich spoke about the recent black lives matter mobilisations.
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Coronavirus trends in prisons in England and Wales
As part of our work tracking coronavirus in prisons we have been producing infographics showing the main data.
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The swirling current of criminalisation
At our webinar on socially-distanced justice yesterday, Liz Fekete of the Institute of Race Relations argued that a focus on racial disproportionalities failed to address the real causes of criminalisation of young people.
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Watch the video: Socially distanced justice webinar three
This week's speakers considered the longer-term implications, and how a positive legacy for criminal justice might be achieved.
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Covid-19 in prisons: Focus on Northern Ireland
Presenting our latest infographic on the state of play of Covid-19 in prisons in Northern Ireland
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Watch the video: Socially distanced justice webinar two
This week's speakers explored the political dimensions to the COVID-19 changes and the implications for criminal justice.
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Centre's work cited in House of Commons briefing
Released earlier this week, the briefing on coronavirus in prisons in England and Wales cited an article by our Head of Programmes, Helen Mills.
The article is one of a two-part series on prison sentencing in the context of the 'new normal' of coronavirus.
Read the House of Commons briefing on coronavirus in prisons here, and Helen's...