Publication
UK Justice Policy Review: Volume 6
The sixth in an annual series by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, supported by The Hadley Trust, assessing year-on-year developments in criminal justice across the UK.
News
New UKJPR report out next week
The latest edition of UK Justice Policy Review (UKJPR) came back from the printers earlier this week. It is due for publication next Monday and will be given, free-of-charge, to all those who attend our latest UKJPR conference –...
Publication
Assessing the General Election manifestos
The Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat General Election manifestos propose more than 100 crime and justice-related policies between them.
News
Do the manifesto claims stack up?
Do more police officers cut crime? Are tough community sentences a realistic alternative to prison? These are some of the questions considered in the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies' latest report.
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News
Justice system reinforces society's inequalities
Our research on the link between imprisonment and poverty was cited this week in The Independent.
The research was referenced by columnist James Moore, in a piece about the case of Lavinia Woodward, the University of Oxford medical student likely to be spared a jail sentence after stabbing her boyfriend in the leg.
'There are good grounds for according Woodward mercy, regardless of...
News
Met police challenged on budget cuts crime claim
London's Metropolitan Police are playing 'nudge and wink politics' over police budgets, our Director, Richard Garside told this morning's BBC Radio Four Today programme.
His comments came in response to last week's claim...
News
Letter to Justice Secretary on prison jobs bonanza claim
Our Director, Richard Garside, has written to the Justice Secretary, Liz Truss, calling for her to publish a secret Ministry of Justice report on the economic impact of new prisons.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Justice announced plans to build four new prisons in Yorkshire, Wigan,...
News
Government must publish economic case for new prisons
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has called on the Government to publish its evidence that new prisons will bring jobs and economic growth.
The call came in reaction...
Speech
Don't confuse influence with progress
The title of this event is 'Communicating criminology'.
I want to start by offering three orientating thoughts.
First, when we talk about communicating criminology it is easy...
News
New Chair of Trustees
We are delighted to announce that Charlotte Weinberg, the Executive Director of Safe Ground, has been elected as our new Chair of Trustees.
Charlotte replaces Liz Hill, who is stepping down after seven years as Chair. Liz will remain as a Trustee.
Outgoing Chair of Trustees, Liz...
News
Rise in hospital admissions for stab wounds
Last week we collaborated with The Sunday Times on an investigation into the rise in hospital admissions for stab wounds (£).
In the twelve months to April 2016, 4,054 people...
News
Welcome for Ramsbotham's prison comments
Our Director, Richard Garside, today welcomed comments by the former Chief Inspector of Prisons, Lord Ramsbotham, on the crisis in the prisons system.
In remarks reported by the i, Lord Ramsbotham said that the 'avoidable crisis' in prisons had 'been made a great deal worse by the deliberate actions of ministers and their...