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New project on Joint Enterprise
The Centre has begun a new initiative on joint enterprise.
News
Our research on joint enterprise cited
Joint Enterprise was back in the news last week with an article by Harry Stopes, which cites our work on racism, joint enterprise and gangs.
In January 2016, we co-produced research with Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams from Manchester Metropolitan University and the organisations Black Training and Enterprise Group...
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Call for action on joint enterprise convictions
MPs and Peers will today hear calls for urgent action to address the injustices of joint enterprise convictions.
The call follows the publication of results of a survey of nearly 250 serving prisoners convicted under joint enterprise provisions. The survey found clear evidence that black and minority ethnic people are serving long prison sentences because of unfair and racist criminal justice practices....
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Victims of injustice speak out against unfair convictions
A survey of nearly 250 serving prisoners convicted under joint enterprise provisions has found evidence that black and minority ethnic people are serving long prison sentences because of unfair and racist criminal justice practices.
The survey results are contained in a new report published today by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The report – Dangerous associations – tracks the complex process of criminalisation...
Publication
Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism
This report by Patrick Williams and Becky Clarke of Manchester Metropolitan University offers a troubling exposé of the use of collective punishment against black and minority ethnic people, based on racism, rumour and innuendo.
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The police, gangs and racism
Why are 89% of people on the Manchester Police gang database from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background?
There are an increasing number of research and evaluation reports, which...