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In the news
Over the summer, we contributed to several news pieces, including on prison reform, witness anonymity, crime waves, police investigations and the Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence.
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Our Director in Probation Quarterly
Read Richard Garside on accidental liberalism and criminal justice trends
The latest edition of Probation Quarterly features a piece by our Director, Richard Garside, on criminal justice trends in retrospect and their signification of a flawed, accidental and incomplete liberalism.
Tackling fluctuating police numbers, the dangerous condition of...
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Does more stop and search mean less crime?
Yesterday we held a really interesting roundtable on the effectiveness of stop and search on crime levels.
The event was part of our UK Justice Policy Review programme which provides analysis of criminal justice policy developments through a series of briefings, annual reviews and events.
Professor Ben Bradford (University College London), Dr Paul Quinton (College of Policing) and Matteo...
Publication
The economy and crime: Briefing note
In this note, written to coincide with the What shapes trends in crime? event on 18 September 2015, Professor Will Jennings of the University of Southampton examines the links between economic trends and the official crime rate.
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Media coverage of our event on the crime-economy link
The Independent today covers new research on long-term trends in crime to be presented at an event this coming Friday (18 September) at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
Researchers from the Universities...
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Crime-economy link has broken down, new research
The assumption that rising unemployment means rising crime is challenged by new research to be presented at an event at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies on Friday, 18 September. The research finds that the association between...
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The police should not record crime
The American criminologist Harold Pepinsky got in touch with us recently after reading the explanation of crime statistics by our Director, Richard Garside....
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Crime is down. Crime is up. What's going on?
Crime in England and Wales fell by seven per cent in the 12 months to December 2014. Or rather, crime in England and Wales rose by two per cent in the 12 months to December 2014.
The...
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Making sense of crime trends
What to make of the latest crime statistics.
Publication
Does criminal justice work? The 'Right for the wrong reasons' debate
With a keynote essay by Richard Garside on the limited role the criminal justice system can play in promoting a safer society, this collection of essays includes contributions from Nick Clegg MP and...