Publication

cjm 102: And finally...

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

After 26 years of continuous publication, we are paused the production of cjm at the end of 2015.

In this, the final issue in its current format, we have given over the pages to showcase some of our favourite articles from among the several hundred to have graced this magazine. The articles we have chosen cover a range of topics that have become prevailing areas of concern for the Centre in recent years. There are articles on the relationship between research evidence and policy-making; on political economy, social policy and social harm; on violence and criminalisation.

They should not be read as an indisputable ‘greatest hits’ collection. They are simply the articles that stood out when we made the selection, both in the topics they cover and in their style of exposition. Others, using a different yardstick, would no doubt have made different choices.

In this edition

Over 26 years, cjm has been at the forefront of informed and accessible critique

By Richard Garside

Criminologists should challenge the tendency for research carried out under the aegis of the Home Office to serve the purposes of the current government

By Reece Walters

The evidence in evidence-based policy making is not all it's cracked up to be

By Tim Hope

The government has shown a lack of will to engage with the systemic failures highlighted by tragic deaths in custodial settings

By Deborah Coles and Helen Shaw

John M Moore sets detention in an historical context and questions its 'reformative' goals.

By John M Moore

John Muncie argues that a critical understanding of criminalisation remains crucial

By John Muncie

Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson argue that conservative economics have led to a more dangerous society

By Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson

Julia Sudbury examines how grassroots campaigning is set to transform criminal justice in the US

By Julia Sudbury

Paul Crawshaw, Alex Scott-Samuel, and Debbi Stanistreet discuss masculinity and harm

By Paul Crawshaw, Alex Scott-Samuel, and Debbi Stanistreet

Lucia Zedner calls for restraint

By Lucia Zedner

John Lea and Simon Hallsworth put the riots into political and historic perspective

By John Lea and Simon Hallsworth

Barry Goldson asserts that history has taught us that diversion is more effective than intervention

By Barry Goldson

New Labour's focus on anti-social behaviour lacks a proper evidence based and has led to the persecution of those with mental health problems argues David Gregg

By David Gregg

Joe Sim argues that New Labour stannds indicted for intensifying politically and spiritually corrosive policies in the criminal justice system

By Joe Sim

Alex Stevens considers the evidence on drug-related crime

By Alex Stevens

Tim Bateman highlights the case for and resistance against raising the age in England and Wales

By Tim Bateman

Sarah Lamble explores why market logic curtails possibilities for genuine alternatives

By Sarah Lamble

Paddy Hillyard says we should stop looking at crime and start looking at social harm

By Paddy Hillyard

David Whyte looks at what surfaced from the murky depths of the police, and the financial and political worlds in 2012

By David Whyte

Steve Tombs discusses the latest chapter in a long history of financial services fraud

By Steve Tombs

Auke Williams argues that the lack of psychiatric treatment adds a penal dimension to Belgium's euthanasia system

By Auke Williams

As part of our Justice Matters initiative we are challenging people to think about a criminal justice practice, policy or institution to abolish or abstain from, here contributors offer their choices…

By Tim Hope, Chris Stanley, Tracey McMahon, Ben Bowling, J M Moore, Jordan Beaumont

Scott Poynting details the British state's involvement in kidnapping and torture

By Scott Poynting

Julie T Davies examines the state's role in limiting 'the truth'

By Julie T Davis

Andrew Henley argues that those who have been punished should be free from future discrimination

By Andrew Henley

Nina Vaswani describes some of the findings from her research

By Nina Vaswani