Speech

The challenge of downsizing criminal justice

Thank you for inviting me to speak tonight at this important event.

Before I get on to the substance of what I will be saying today, a quick observation on the speech earlier today...

22 May 2014
Comment

I would give up...youth courts

I would give up... the youth court, raise the age of criminal responsibility, set up a welfare based approach similar to that which exists in most of Europe.

19 March 2014
News

I would give up... criminalising drug users

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.

It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive.


It's such an obvious one... what

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13 March 2014
News

I would give up...suspicionless stop-searches

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.

It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive.


Scrap suspicionless stop-searches…

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11 March 2014
News

I would give up... the psychological services

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.

It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive. 


I would give up the psychological

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11 March 2014
News

Convincing? Brainless? Don't know?

Last week we published a piece by Professor Tim Hope, which called for the abolition of the uniformed police service.

Tim wrote:

'The case for Police Abolitionism is derived from the ethical and moral principles of abolitionism often voiced with regard to penal

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10 March 2014
News

I would give up... publishing the names of convicted offenders

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.

It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive. 


I would give up publishing names and

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4 March 2014