Attempts to punish and prosecute our way out of knife violence are doomed to failure, according to a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The report – Young people, violence and knives – finds that police-led interventions and tougher sentencing have, at best, been ineffective and at...
In this briefing, Roger Grimshaw and Matt Ford examine recent trends in knife-related violence and assess different approaches to tackling, and reducing it.
Yesterday we held a really interesting roundtable on the effectiveness of stop and search on crime levels.
The event was part of our UK Justice Policy Review programme which provides analysis of criminal justice policy developments through a series of briefings, annual reviews and events.
Professor Ben Bradford (University College London), Dr Paul Quinton (College of Policing) and Matteo...
The seventh edition of UK Justice Policy Review is out now, covering the period from the 2016 Brexit referendum to the 2017 General Election.
Produced annually, the Review uniquely offers concise coverage of key policy developments in criminal justice across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
To improve accessibility and raise public awareness of the changing criminal justice landscape, data are presented in a...
Since 2010, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been assessing criminal justice developments across the UK through its UK Justice Policy Review programme.
Our latest publication...
The visitor lockers at HMP Isis, where the Justice Secretary David Gauke gave this morning's...
Criminal justice across the UK has got smaller, but tougher, over recent years, according to a new briefing from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
While recorded crime, prosecutions and convictions have all fallen over the past decade, a 'justice dividend' has yet to be realised in the number of people in prison, which have continued to rise.
The briefing –...
Since 2010, our UK Justice Policy Review (UKJPR) programme has been assessing criminal justice developments across the UK.
Earlier this week we published our latest UKJPR report,...
Since 2012, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been publishing UK Justice Policy Review (UKJPR), an annual assessment of criminal justice developments across the United Kingdom.
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