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 Centre for Women’s Justice argues for a comprehensive legal, policy and practice framework to protect victims of domestic abuse from unjust criminalisation.
“Swift, Certain, Tough” Government white paper promises new consequences for drug possession.
Revolving Doors report on why so many people don’t take up legal representation.
One thing the UK can be proud of is the very low level of gun deaths.
Anne-Marie Day gives neurodivergent children a voice to talk about their experiences in the youth justice system.
Is the deterrent sentencing of children
justified from a legal, criminological and neuroscientific perspective?
Adultification bias results in Black children’s rights being diminished and notions of innocence and vulnerability displaced by responsibility and culpability.
Transform Justice report questions whether criminal sanctions reduce violence against police and NHS staff.
The experiences of over 300 young adults of the care and criminal justice systems
The Criminal Justice Statistics for 2021 reveal that the average custodial length for indictable offences has shot up to 24.9 months from 21.1 months in 2020.
The criminal justice system remains a long way from recovering from the effects of the pandemic and continues to operate at unacceptable levels in some areas, according to a joint report by the four HM Chief Inspectors.
Research finds too many women in prison today were the girls in care of yesterday, and systemic failings in the wider society perpetuate this problem.
