News

When evidence and politics collide: The David Nutt affair

On 14 September, 2015, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies hosted a roundtable meeting where we heard from Dr Deborah Drake (The Open University) and Professor Reece Walters (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane).

They discussed their research into the David Nutt affair....

17 September 2015
Comment

How can we make prisons obsolete?

On 21 April, I attended an event run by the Centre and the University of Liverpool to discuss the alternatives to prison, as part of the ongoing Justice Matters project.

24 April 2015
News

What are the alternatives to prison?

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, in collaboration with the University of Liverpool, held a workshop on alternatives to prison on 21 April 2015. Attended by around 70 campaigners, academics, researchers and activists, participants were presented with the following questions: ...

22 April 2015
Publication

cjm 91: Prison ethnography

Deborah H Drake and Rod Earle are the guest editors of the themed section. Articles in the themed section are based on an Open Univerity conference, 'Resisting the Eclipse: An International Symposium on Prison Ethnography', held at the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research...