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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.
The Knowledge Exchange is a new online resource for people who work in criminal justice to find and share new practice & guidance.
How the state criminalises women who we might otherwise be burying
Magistrates Association calls for all young adult defendants’ maturity to be assessed before court and training for magistrates.
Many people with multiple and complex needs die early as they become desensitised to death through suffering vast loss and lack of hope.
Latest YJB annual stats show first rise in the number of children arrested in a decade.
Youth Justice Board finds all minority ethnic groups more likely to be remanded in custody.
More than half of people would rather see offenders electronically tagged and ordered to serve community sentences than jailed for short periods of time.