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Being able to be a great husband and father
Having recently read Jane Monckton-Smith and colleagues’ powerful analysis of the experiences of...
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Locked away but not forgotten
While reading of the multiple institutional challenges that assailed Lucy Jo Matthews in her courageous efforts as a service user to negotiate a pathway to psychological health in Jane Winstone’s...
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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...
Speech
Current criminal justice policy and the legacy of coalition
This is the text of the speech our Director Richard Garside gave at the University of Kent on current developments in criminal justice and the legacy of the coalition.
Comment
A sad outcome
Reading Val McDermid's chillingly grisly but compulsive book on the forensic history of crime,...
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Family matters
Having just read Pat O' Malley’s thoughtful and...
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Life after life: going free
Towards the end of Alan Lord's blisteringly honest account of his prison experiences...
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The right level of intervention
I recently read Nigel Fielding's scholarly account of how courts handle cases of physical violence, and...
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Remembering Billy
One of the most interesting and seminal figures in child development was the wonderfully insightful psychiatrist, Donald...
News
Cancelling probation contracts could cost £300-£400m
Unprecendented clauses in probation contracts which guarantee private providers their projected profits in the event of early cancellation could cost the taxpayer £300-400m, reports...
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One step at a time
As an inveterate reader, I have a particular interest, as a former Probation Officer, in exploring the radical ways of mitigating the, often damaging, impact of poorly considered criminal justice...
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Transforming Rehabilitation: and the procession passed on…
Two events coincided at the end of May 2014 that illuminate the contrary directions in thinking about the future of our economy. The first was the conference on Inclusive Capitalism,...