Tags are keywords. I put tags on every post to help you find the content you want. Tags may be people (Dominic Raab, say), organisations (The Howard League, PRT), themes (women offenders, homelessness) or specific items (heroin, racial disparity, ROTL). If you’re looking to research a particular issue, they can be invaluable.
The first Finally Friday post of 2012 returns to a favourite theme – how criminals use social media to brag about their offending and get
For the last finallyFriday of 2011, the topic is a frivolous and festive celebration of planking. More specifically, keeping to the theme of this Blog,
This Blog has covered the use of Facebook in the criminal justice system on several occasions and has also questioned why the probation service doesn’t
In the course of researching posts for this Blog, I have come across many bizarre stories about how offenders have incriminated themselves by the innovative,
Cell phones This is the third in a series of posts about the use of social media in different parts of the criminal justice. The
Public punishment and humiliation has taken different forms in different societies over the years; from the pillory and stocks in mediaeval England, through chain gangs
In the world of books and films, it has always been cool for the best criminals to boast about their misdeeds, provided it is done
“An invisible man can rule the world”, says Claude Rains starring in the first movie version of The Invisible Man. I’ve been thinking a lot
There has been endless media coverage on the use of social networks in the recent riots. A more considered debate is now emerging and the
Back in the 1980s the answer to everything was 42. Douglas Adams’ joke “ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything”
