In November 2013, the energy company IGas, specialists in onshore oil and gas extraction, began exploratory drilling on greenbelt land at Barton Moss, on the outskirts of Salford, Greater...
An article about our forthcoming conference on police spying and state racism appeared in The...
The relationship between police officers and communities regarded as having high levels of crime should be reassessed to curb the disproportionate use of force. I am thinking particularly of...
Writing today in The Guardian, Polly Toynbee considers the pressures faced by police following cuts to social and health budgets. She highlights shrinking police numbers and bemoans the...
Police officers could become less visible on the streets because police forces aren't managing their budgets properly in the face of funding cuts, warns a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, covered in ...
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is pleased to be taking part in the forthcoming conference, Policing the crisis, on Sunday 15 November 2015 in Central London.
Organised by Defend the Right to Protest, this one day event will focus on civil liberties, the criminalisation of...
On Wednesday 25 March 2015, The Monitoring Group, in collaboration with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, held a meeting to discuss how to ensure that the judge led inquiry into police spying meets the needs and demands of the victims of police actions.
Suresh Grover of The Monitoring Group has written about the Inquiry and established a...
Alex Massie commenting on The Spectator website today raises the issue of safety and asks the question 'when did it become ok for the police to electrocute children?' New...
Over Friday and Saturday, 6 and 7 February 2015, an impressive line-up of speakers will offer powerful accounts on contemporary policing at the 'Police corruption, spying, racism and accountability' conference in London.
Organised by the...
Teenagers with mental health needs will no longer be held in police cells for their safety, reports The Guardian. The new reforms will be announced later this week by the...
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Last night the Centre's director, Richard Garside, was interviewed on BBC Newsnight on the issue of police bail.
He argued that police should not blame cuts for the problems with bail. He said;
The police remain a very well resourced public service. In the decade to 2010, police funding went up in real terms by 50%.
The full Newsnight programme can be viewed on...
