Imprisonment for the traumatised
Recently, I have been writing about trauma as a prelude to imprisonment, and reflecting on what kind of childhood experiences lie in the backgrounds of people sentenced to imprisonment.
Recently, I have been writing about trauma as a prelude to imprisonment, and reflecting on what kind of childhood experiences lie in the backgrounds of people sentenced to imprisonment.
Before the Strangeways protests, children were incarcerated with adults.
You can now read an article by Hannah Pittaway on the Reclaim Justice Network website about the various ways that the privatisation of prisons undermines the safety...
The number of injuries to children in prisons caused during restraint is nearly five times higher than the government has previously disclosed, The Guardian...
A new report estimates that one in 20 women in England have experienced physical and/or sexual abuse, reports The Telegraph. The report by Agenda,...
The Children's Commissioner has called for urgent action to improve the prevention and early identification of child sex abuse and the support provided for victims. The report, Protecting children from harm: A...
The number of sexual offences against children recorded by the police has increased by more than a third over the last year to 86 per day, reports The Guardian...
Last week the Home Secretary, Theresa May, spoke of her dismay over the number of child abusers who have been able to operate in the past, as well as today.
We've done quite a bit of work over recent years on the context within which child abuse flourishes. Here's a quick rundown of the...
'There is a real issue here about how was it that in the past, but continuing today, the very institutions of the state that should be protecting children were not doing so. Why
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It is hardly surprising that the investigations of Savile ‘and others’ have prompted anxious reflections about the protection of children in institutions. The aftermath of the initial revelations...
The appalling case of Bijan Ebrahimi, a disabled Iranian national subjected to a sustained campaign of victimisation and attacks by his neighbours, is a salutary lesson in what can happen when fear and loathing is stirred up.