The former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell, who resigned from his post over the 'plebgate' affair, calls for an end to police stop and search where there are no grounds for suspicion.
Writing in The Times:
'In 2011-12 Asian or Asian British people accounted for
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The Scottish police have stopped 'tens of thousands' of children without any legal cause, leading to concerns that there are inadequate safeguards and the searches could potentially breach childrens' human rights.
A study conducted by Kath Murray from the University of Edinburgh found...
The Ministry of Justice has published data race and the criminal justice system for the year 2011/2012.
The actor Daniel Kaluuya, who has appeared in the TV drama Skins and the film Johnny English Reborn is to sue the police for assault and false imprisonment,...
A new report by Release and the LSE claims that black people are not just more likely to be searched by the police for drugs. They are also far more likely to be charged....
Police chiefs have admitted that undercover officers gathered intelligence on the Lawrence family, The Guardian reports.
This is an unreferenced version of Professor Tim Hope's introduction to cjm 87 on the August 2011 riots. A referenced version of this piece, along with the full contents, is on the publisher's website.
Gary Younge writes a powerful and passionate piece on the implications of the George Zimmerman acquittal.
'Appeals for calm in the wake of such a verdict raise the
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The prime minister is reported to be giving active consideration to widening the scope of inquiries into the activities of undercover police officers following allegations that the police...
The Runnymede Trust has launched a new three year campaign to inspire individuals and organisations to take concerted action to tackle racial inequality, support...
In 1983 the criminologist Bernard D. Headley published 'Black on black’ crime: the myth and the reality’ in the journal Crime and Social Justice.
