While considering the ’I would give up’ call from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, I was inspired by the contributions of others to pull together my thoughts on an issue which increasingly challenges researchers and providers in criminal justice – chasing the rainbow of reductions in ‘reoffending’.
Before you interject that my proposal is discriminatory, I would give up women’s imprisonment and set that up as a template for doing pretty much the same thing for men.
Britain is now the prison capital of Europe sending more people to prison than any other western European country.
When faced by the challenge of identifying ‘what bit of the criminal justice’ I would give up I was tempted to refuse.
I would give up... the youth court, raise the age of criminal responsibility, set up a welfare based approach similar to that which exists in most of Europe.
As a female serving a suspended sentence and an active voice in the rehabilitation arena, I have direct experience of the oppressive and destructive channels we are forced to overcome.
As part of our Justice Matters initiative we are challenging people to think about a criminal justice practice, policy or institution to abolish or abstain from.
It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive.
It's such an obvious one... what
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As part of our Justice Matters initiative we are challenging people to think about a criminal justice practice, policy or institution to abolish or abstain from.
It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive.
Scrap suspicionless stop-searches…
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As part of our Justice Matters initiative we are challenging people to think about a criminal justice practice, policy or institution to abolish or abstain from.
It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive.
I would give up the psychological
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I would give up the police service, particularly the uniformed branch, and its officers.
As part of our Justice Matters initiative we are challenging people to think about a criminal justice practice, policy or institution to abolish or abstain from.
It can be conventional or unconventional – the choice is up to you. The challenge isn’t just about abolishing something. We are keen to build alternatives – so we want to encourage people to put forward ideas for something positive.
I would give up publishing names and
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