Rebecca Roberts

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Punishing women and criminal justice failure

Laurel Townhead and Rebecca Roberts highlight the systemic failings of criminal justice in responding to criminalised women.

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Criminal justice and reducing the harms women face - lifting the lid on Pandora’s box

Prime Minister David Cameron was recently questioned by the House of Common’s Liaison Committee on the...

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Is criminal justice a form of violence against women?

Today is the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The purpose of the day is to combat and raise awareness of violence against women.

The...

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The struggle? It's only just beginning

The week ending the 25th of October 2013 is memorable to me for a number of reasons.

It was the week in which the ...

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Ethnicity, harm and crime: a discussion paper

In 1983 the criminologist Bernard D. Headley published 'Black on black’ crime: the myth and the reality’ in the journal Crime and Social Justice.

Rebecca Roberts was Senior Policy Associate until December 2017. In this role she undertook policy development and project oversight. Rebecca's interests include social harm, feminism, abolitionism and alternatives to criminal justice.

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Reducing the numbers in custody: looking beyond criminal justice solutions

At a time of spending cuts and continued increases to inequality, a new report argues the prison population is likely to rise further, despite the coalition's expressed aim to contain and manage prison numbers.