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Right to protest compromised by police secrecy
Our Senior Associate, Helen Mills recently wrote for the National Union for Journalists' website, about our latest report, ...
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'Wall of silence’ threatens Undercover Policing Inquiry
The police are building a near 'impenetrable wall of silence' around some of their most secret and harmful practices, according to a new report out today.
The report shows that over six years on from revelations about police infiltration of political activist groups, and more than two years since the establishment of a public inquiry to investigate their activity, little more has come to light about undercover policing practices.
The report...
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Reform sector strategies presentation
Download the presentation Helen Mills and Rebecca Roberts gave today at our Reform Sector Strategies event.
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Our latest UK Justice Policy Review report out now
Since 2012, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been publishing UK Justice Policy Review (UKJPR), an annual assessment of criminal justice developments across the United Kingdom.
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UK Justice Policy Review: Volume 6
The sixth in an annual series by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, supported by The Hadley Trust, assessing year-on-year developments in criminal justice across the UK.
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Holding undercover policing to account
Last week saw revelations about alleged police...
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Community sentences won’t solve Europe’s prison problem
Over the last two years the Centre has been part of an eight country collaboration looking at the use of community-based sentences in Europe. Aware of the relative gap in information about...
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Centre welcomes call for drug law rethink
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has welcomed calls by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) for ‘the personal possession and the use of all illegal drugs to be decriminalised’, and for a new strategy to be developed to deal with drug harms modelled on the Portuguese harm reduction...
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Why it's time to dump our discredited drugs policy
Helen Mills, Research Associate at the Centre, writes in Scottish Herald about UK drug policy. The article was informed by the Centre's recent...
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High prison numbers: Are sentencers to blame?
Since his appointment in May, several predictions have been made about the kind of Justice Secretary Michael Gove will be. Expanding the role for the private sector in delivering criminal justice...
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The devil in our midst? Convicted sex offenders after prison
The scale of child sexual abuse revealed by numerous investigations, case reviews and scandals in recent years has rightly provoked critical social reflection. Part of the government’s...
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Empower, resist, transform. A collection of essays
This essay collection highlights how women facing criminalisation and gender based violence are repeatedly failed by society. Helen Mills, Rebecca Roberts and Laurel Townhead describe the...