To view this issue of cjm online please visit the Taylor & Francis Online website here. Online access to the back catalogue is available free to all Centre for Crime and Justice Studies' members. To find out more about membership click here. In this edition Contents and editorialBy David Kidd-Hewitt and Julia Braggins14 July 2016 Perilous policies By Andrew Rutherford14 July 2016 Crimes and misdemeanours By James Q Wilson14 July 2016 Imprisoning justice By Elliott Currie14 July 2016 The rhetoric of vengeance By Jonathan Simon14 July 2016 Zero toleranceBy Ben Bowling14 July 2016 Shocking disparities By Marc Mauer 14 July 2016 Young livesBy Victor L Streib 14 July 2016 Death row women By Victor L Streib 14 July 2016 A shameful human rightsBy Peter Hodgkinson14 July 2016 Stranger dangerBy Bill Hebenton and Terry Thomas14 July 2016 Crime paysBy Stephen Nathan 14 July 2016 A stirring story By Norman Johnston 14 July 2016 Book reviewsBy John Harding14 July 2016 5 September 1996