
Does punishment work?
New research into British twins suggests that contact with the justice systems is more likely to promote future offending.
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.

New research into British twins suggests that contact with the justice systems is more likely to promote future offending.

Start the new year with this quiz on all things criminal justice.

Details of six of the new criminal justice Bills outlined in the Queen’s Speech and news of a Royal Commission.

Agenda & Centre for Mental Health report into trauma-informed approaches for women

The Criminal Justice Alliance calls for more opportunities for people with lived experience to move into jobs, leadership & influencing positions.

My new compendium of the latest data on offender equality: gender; ethnicity; sexuality in our prisons.

Latest section 95 statistics from the Ministry of Justice show racial disparity throughout our justice system.

Comparing the main parties’ plans on policing, prisons, probation, sentencing & victims.

What sentences do our courts pass? What do people do to get sentence to custody, and how long do they get?

The Conservative manifesto commitments on crime.

Clinks State of the Sector report finds charities are still subsidising government contracts because they cannot achieve full cost recovery.