Publication
UK Justice Policy Review: Volume 5
The fifth 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 and social welfare across the UK...
News
The fantasy of prisons as places of reform
The Independent has today published a letter by our Director, Richard Garside, calling for an end to the unnecessary imprisonment of tens of thousands of fellow citizens.
Richard was responding to an...
Comment
Death at the hands of the law
Earlier this month The Times ran a series of pieces about the mounting pressures on the police.
At the serious end, the police faced a...
Comment
The New Labour crime policies of Cameron and Corbyn
One of the guilty secrets of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party is its policies on policing.
Publication
And finally...
After 26 years of continuous publication, we are pausing the production of cjm at the end of 2015. During 2016 we will be taking stock of the magazine's achievements and planning how best to offer what has been the hallmark of cjm at its best: an informed and concrete analysis of justice and social...
News
Centre responds to Prime Minister's prison speech
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has responded to the latest speech from the Prime Minister, David Cameron, on plans to reform the prison system;
Richard Garside,...
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
Time for bold action to downsize criminal justice
The awful events in Paris have sharpened the political conflict over cuts to policing in England and Wales.
During ...
News
Police cuts 'perfectly achievable'
The Centre's Director, Richard Garside, has appeared on Sunday Politics South West in a feature about cuts to Devon and Cornwall police.
He said:
'Against the
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News
Prison building 'short-sighted and contradictory'
The Chancellor, George Osborne, has set out his priorities for the Spending Review and identified the country's prisons 'as an example of one public service badly in need of reform'.
Mr Osborne called for a need to focus on rehabilitation and training – to be pursued by Justice...
News
Police 'not a civil debt recovery agency'
The Chief Constable of Surrey Police, Lynne Owens, yesterday told the House of Commons Home Affairs Commitee that the police were 'not a civil debt recovery agency'.
She made the remarks in exchanges over whether the police should routinely pursue motorists who drive off without paying...
News
Scotland's progressive prison policy
An article published by The Economist recommends that Michael Gove looks to Scotland for examples of 'progressive' prison policy.
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