Legal aid cuts risk miscarriages of justice
The Guardian has spoken to former defendants, families and lawyers about the risk of widespread miscarriages of justice if the government's legal aid cuts go...
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The Guardian has spoken to former defendants, families and lawyers about the risk of widespread miscarriages of justice if the government's legal aid cuts go...
Alan Travis reviews latest developments in the ongoing probation restructuring saga. The leaked risk register, he notes, contains 'three "code blacks" – the highest risk...
Justice Minister Chris Grayling has backed down on plans to restrict legal aid to a small number of hand-picked firms, according to The Daily Telegraph...
The July 2013 edition of Prison Service Journal is now available to download from our website. This edition has a special focus on HMP Whatton. The Centre hosts the online version of the Prison Service...
An editorial in The Lancet describes as unacceptable findings in a new report showing that 9,378 people were detained...
The prime minister is reported to be giving active consideration to widening the scope of inquiries into the activities of undercover police officers following allegations that the police...
The Home Affairs Commitee has called for a new police code of ethics and integrity in a report published today following a six month...
The Ministry of Justice has published a strategy and action plan for the criminal justice system - Transforming the CJS - promising a faster, more transparent and hi-tech...
Our director Richard Garside recently spoke about the effectiveness of knife amnesty bins on BBC news. For more on what makes for effective strategies in tackling gun and knife crime,...
Linda Briskman and Scott Poynting write on openDemocracy about state and tabloid targeting of Muslims in the aftermath of Drummer Lee...
Ministry of Justice officials have warned that privatising probation carries the risk of increased reoffending, in the risk register seen by The Times and ...
The Body Economic is an agenda-shaping look at the human costs of financial crisis by Sanjay Basu and David Stuckler. The Centre worked with David as part of our ‘What is Crime?’ project. The Guardian's review of...