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Addressing violence against women beyond criminal justice
What would you do if he hit you?
Asked the midwife at an antenatal check up. I won’t go into what I said exactly, but the midwife picked up on what I didn’t say...
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Punishing women and criminal justice failure
Laurel Townhead and Rebecca Roberts highlight the systemic failings of criminal justice in responding to criminalised women.
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Vive la révolution!
Women's imprisonment is placed under the spotlight in this week's New Statesman by Sophie McBain. Documenting the hardship and trauma faced by women prior to and during imprisonment, the piece outlines the...
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Resist government’s obsession with men in uniform
After its bruising report on the government's plans to privatise probation in England and Wales, the House of Commons Justice...
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Violence against women - is criminal justice the answer?
Rebecca Roberts and Helen Mills comment on the Centre's Justice Matters for Women project, arguing that;
Not only does the system
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Police can't be trusted to stop and search fairly
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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Criminal justice and reducing the harms women face - lifting the lid on Pandora’s box
Prime Minister David Cameron was recently questioned by the House of Common’s Liaison Committee on the...
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Scotland in the lead on stop and search
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...
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A real equality before the law
‘Rehabilitation’ is difficult to define when applied to criminal justice. Re-integration, re-settlement or re-entry are often used instead of re-habilitation. Yet all these terms imply that those...
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Would like to meet... Justice Matters partners
As part of our ongoing work to develop the Justice Matters initiative, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is organising a 'partners event' in...
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Ending violence against women - what role for criminal justice?
Rebecca Roberts at the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies writes about the parallels between violence against women and criminal justice punishment.