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The prison estate and the pound sign
As a qualitative researcher I’m often quick to point out the limits of interpreting the world through numbers. However, having worked on...
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The Community Order and the Suspended Sentence Order Three Years On: The views and experiences of probation officers and offenders
Government attempts to slow a rapidly rising prison population by a reformed, and credible, community sentences framework has largely failed, according to a report published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Indeed there is evidence that the Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders...
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Reducing the numbers in custody: looking beyond criminal justice solutions
Reducing the numbers in custody argues that the key levers for reducing record high prison numbers are located in wider social and economic policy and not in changes to community sentences or reforms to criminal justice policy. Drawing on respected research and the experiences of campaigners...
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A life sentence really?
This report explores the transition from prison for those with a conviction for a sexual offence, a group that faces and poses considerable challenges in the community after their release. Based on interviews with ex-prisoners, staff and volunteers at a specialist hostel for this group and...
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UK Justice Policy Review: Volume 1
The first in an annual series by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, supported by the Hadley Trust, tracking year-on-year developments in criminal justice and social welfare across the UK. Combining analysis of the main developments with key data on issues such as spending, staffing and the...
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UK Justice Policy Review: a new resource about criminal justice in the UK
With an online archive of over a hundred documents and featuring over a thousand individual data entries, Helen Mills introduces a new project from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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