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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 State of Youth Justice

The number of children and young people in the youth justice system fell again in 2016/17 but knife crime was up and those detained were more likely to be restrained or separated.

MoJ pledges to tackle racial disparity

The Ministry of Justice has responded swiftly and with apparent sincerity to the challenge of rectifying the racial disparity highlighted by David Lammy.

60% child arrests in London are BAME

The number of child arrests continues to fall, but the proportion of BAME children arrested is increasing. Lammy argues that police services should explain this

Why are there fewer young offenders?

Analysis of the sudden rise and then sustained fall in young offenders entering the justice system find that policing policy is the main influencing factor.

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