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Where next for community justice in Scotland?
As the saying goes, 'those that fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it'.
The Scottish Parliament is...
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Imposing the death penalty by ministerial edict
Recent terrorist atrocities, whether in Beirut, Egypt or Paris, are bringing a military response from the West. Air strikes have already been carried out by France and it’s likely the UK...
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Policing in Scotland has become a political football
It’s all change at the top in Police Scotland, with Chief Constable Sir Stephen House...
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Police Scotland reform was long overdue
The establishment of Police Scotland was a virtue born from necessity. The virtue was that at long last specialist services could be provided and similar standards delivered across the country. A...
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cjm 100: Criminal justice since 2010
This edition is based around the conference we held in March 2015 – Criminal justice since 2010: What happened? What next? We were extremely fortunate to have a number of key players in UK criminal justice policy speaking at the conference. They included David Ford MLA, the Northern Ireland Justice...
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How to stop prison privatisation
“There’s some will rob you with a six gun and some with a fountain pen”. So sang the great American folk artiste Woody Guthrie in the Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde.
The criminality of those in...