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Here you can find over 500 posts tracking every major development in criminal justice since 2011. You can track crime trends, court modernisation and digitisation programmes and the impact of austerity. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.

The latest (2024) crime trends

The Office for National Statistics finds notable increases in robbery, violence with injury and consumer and retail fraud in the year ending June 2024.

Cyber crime and harm

Advanced technology has increased the breadth, scale and sophistication of cyber crime. How can cyber security evolve to counter it?

Sentencing inflation

The Howard League publishes a paper by four former Lords Chief Justice criticising the substantial increase in the length of custodial sentences.

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