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Does new gang intervention work?
First evaluation of new Identity Matters intervention for gang related offenders
5th August 2019
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First evaluation of new Identity Matters intervention for gang related offenders
Mia Harris says it is important to resist the conflation of Islam, extremism and prison gangs.
Justice Secretary announces new unit to tackle prison-based money laundering.
StopWatch report: constant searching of ‘gang nominals’ is an intrusive form of surveillance that directly impacts on the trust and confidence young people have toward the police.
Gangs account for around half of knife crime and more than half of gun crime according to a new Centre for Social Justice report.
This important study demands an immediate response in the form of a rigorous review of policing and prosecution practices relating to Joint Enterprise – an issue which the House of Commons Justice Committee has already highlighted.
Street gangs are becoming less visible in public, and more fluid in the way they organise. A key gang tactic is to exploit vulnerable people, but this problem is often hidden. This change is one of the main drivers behind this Home Office document which prioritises both reducing gang related violence and preventing the exploitation of vulnerable people by gangs by setting six new priorities.
I’ve written several times about the different uses that both criminals and law enforcement officials make of new technologies and social media in particular to
This post is by Colin Sumner and was first published on his Crime Talk website which is highly recommended particularly for those with an interest in criminology. The recent
