The relationship between sentencing practices and the official crime rate was discussed last week at a packed event hosted by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The event – Alternatives to custody: Data and policy perspectives – was organised jointly with the...
Catherine Heard, Policy and Research Associate at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, writing for the Probation Quarterly asks why the increased use of community sentences did not lead to a...
Catherine Heard, the Centre's Research and Policy Associate, has described how community sentences have failed to cut prisoner numbers.
In a guest blog on the CLINKS website,...
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has published a new on-line report, Community sentences since 2000. How they work – and why they have...
On 10 June 2015, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies held the first of two planned workshops assessing developments in alternatives to custody in the UK since 2000.
The purpose of these workshops is to explore why expansion in the use of alternatives has not resulted in any reduction in prisoner numbers. We want to identify examples of good practice, as well as problematic areas, in the use of alternatives, as part of a wider European project aiming to reduce our reliance on prison.
Vera Baird, QC, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Northumbria, has...
We're delighted to announce that Catherine Heard has joined the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies as Research and Policy Associate. Her main responsibility will be to lead the Centre's work on the...
Catherine was a Research and Policy Associate (maternity cover) until February 2016. Her main responsibility was leading the Centre's work on the Alternatives to Custody in Europe project.
