Prosecutions fall by over a quarter in 2020
Official figures for 2020 show prosecutions down 26% but out of court disposals up by 18% on 2019.
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Official figures for 2020 show prosecutions down 26% but out of court disposals up by 18% on 2019.
New analysis of police data revealing unnecessary arrests of women.
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Girls in the criminal justice system face a cliff-edge as they turn 18 as many services change or drop off all at once and leave young women vulnerable at a critical time in their lives.
RAND evaluation of the impact of the national model of Liaison and Diversion schemes in police custody.
Russell Webster’s traditional Easter criminal justice quiz
Young adults call for radical police reform focussed on tackling poverty, trauma, and structural racism.
Latest disturbing statistics on the frequency of rape in England and Wales.
All the main provisions of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Katy Swaine Williams of the Centre for Women’s Justice proposes a new statutory defence for survivors whose offending is driven by their experience of domestic abuse.
The homicide rate over the three-year period to year ending March 2020 was approximately five times higher for the Black ethnic group than for the White ethnic group.
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