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Administrative detention: an infographic guide
As part of the new Justice Matters initiative we asked for thoughts and examples on infographics as an innovative way to present complex or significant facts and figures.
Becky...
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Share your ideas on Justice Matters
In his latest comment piece on our site, Richard Garside describes recent work the Centre has been doing developing the Justice Matters initiative and explains how others can get involved.
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I would downsize criminal justice by...
In July this year we launched Justice Matters to stimulate fresh thinking on downsizing the United Kingdom's criminal justice systems and to encourage the development of an alternative set of...
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'Skins' actor sues police over false arrest claims
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,...
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Black people more likely to face drug charges
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....
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Housing needs of women from minority ethnic groups leaving HMP Holloway
How can women from minority ethnic groups leaving prison be rescued from homelessness? This is the question asked by a new research report by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Many women...
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Downsize, rebuild, transform
This month the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies launches a new initiative that will run over the next three years. We are calling this initiative ‘Justice Matters’.
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Police admit Lawrence family were spied on
Police chiefs have admitted that undercover officers gathered intelligence on the Lawrence family, The Guardian reports.
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Riots, pure and simple?
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.
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Open season on black boys after a verdict like this
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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Helping them with their enquiries
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...