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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Last week we published a piece by Professor Tim Hope, which called for the abolition of the uniformed police service.
Tim wrote:
'The case for Police Abolitionism is derived from the ethical and moral principles of abolitionism often voiced with regard to penal
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The previous post in this series highlighted the potential conflict between focussing...
A report from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presents findings from the world’s biggest-ever survey on violence against women, revealing the extent of abuse suffered by women at home, work, in public and online. As well as demonstrating the wide prevalence of violence...
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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Good infographic by Amy on Twitter, challenging the myths of benefit fraud.
A little dose of perspective during #benefitsstreet
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Previous posts in this series have identified various limitations of the criminal justice system for women in keeping with the Centre’s analysis that:
A ‘crisis care concordat’ signed by 22 national organisations, including the Department of Health, the Home Office and the charity Mind, says police custody should not be used because mental health services are not available, and police cars and other vehicles should not be used as ambulances to...
Most people will be familiar with ‘Lady Justice’ – a statue or picture of a woman often blindfolded, holding a set of scales. Lady Justice is intended to represent objectivity...
Men are encouraged to give up shaving for the month of ‘Movember’ – to cultivate their facial fluff in a bid to raise awareness and money for the cause of testicular cancer.