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What about the children?

There are about 4,000 women in prison. Two thirds are mothers of children under 18; about a third are lone parents.

19 May 2014
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The police, gangs and racism

Why are 89% of people on the Manchester Police gang database from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background?

There are an increasing number of research and evaluation reports, which...

29 April 2014
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Taking forward the Justice Matters initiative

During March we held two really interesting and challenging Justice Matters events.

On Monday, 24th March we held the 'Justice Matters partners' event, focusing on the initiative as a whole...

16 April 2014
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A life of its own

Helen wrote about the Justice Matters for Women Event in a previous blog post and mentioned that this event was...

14 April 2014
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The flawed PC Blakelock murder trial

The prosecution of Nicky Jacobs for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock should never have been pursued, Stafford Scott, co-founder of the Broadwater Farm Defence Campaign,...

10 April 2014
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I would give up...youth courts

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.

19 March 2014
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I would give up... criminalising drug users

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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13 March 2014
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Policing a multicultural society in the 21st century

I wrote this blog a week or so after the death of Stuart Hall. I coudn't let its publication on the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies website go without mentioning the release of...

11 March 2014