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A fair, effective and accountable justice system, in a society less dominated by criminalisation and punishment
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I spoke to BBC Verify the other day about the silly suggestion by Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, that prisons could check prisoners’ cells to work out if they have been accidentally released
November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I spoke to BBC Verify the other day about the silly suggestion by Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, that prisons could check prisoners’ cells to work out if they have been accidentally released
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What we tolerate becomes the norm
A thread on #systemschange and our responsibilities to make it happen 🧵🧵🧵
A thread on #systemschange and our responsibilities to make it happen 🧵🧵🧵
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What we tolerate becomes the norm
A thread on #systemschange and our responsibilities to make it happen 🧵🧵🧵
A thread on #systemschange and our responsibilities to make it happen 🧵🧵🧵
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Article in this morning’s Independent on what next for the Prison Service after the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu
I told the paper that individuals should be held accountable for mistakes, but the underlying context is a prison system in crisis
I told the paper that individuals should be held accountable for mistakes, but the underlying context is a prison system in crisis
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Article in this morning’s Independent on what next for the Prison Service after the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu
I told the paper that individuals should be held accountable for mistakes, but the underlying context is a prison system in crisis
I told the paper that individuals should be held accountable for mistakes, but the underlying context is a prison system in crisis
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Our Co-Director Professor @adamcrawford.bsky.social led a roundtable discussion on the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social's event on diversion last week.
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Centre Co-Director speaks about the importance of lived experience voices at national event on diversion - Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre
Professor Adam Crawford led a key roundtable discussion on the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our Co-Director Professor @adamcrawford.bsky.social led a roundtable discussion on the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience at @crimeandjustice.bsky.social's event on diversion last week.
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📣 Read CJA Trustee Dr Thomas McNeil's latest working paper, written for @crimeandjustice.bsky.social
The paper reflects on the key challenges to organisational change and cultural reform in policing, analysing community rehabilitation initiatives.
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/diversion-we...
The paper reflects on the key challenges to organisational change and cultural reform in policing, analysing community rehabilitation initiatives.
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/diversion-we...
Diversion in the West Midlands: A critical case study | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
📣 Read CJA Trustee Dr Thomas McNeil's latest working paper, written for @crimeandjustice.bsky.social
The paper reflects on the key challenges to organisational change and cultural reform in policing, analysing community rehabilitation initiatives.
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/diversion-we...
The paper reflects on the key challenges to organisational change and cultural reform in policing, analysing community rehabilitation initiatives.
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/diversion-we...
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We’re currently recruiting for a policy and communications officer
Great job for the right candidate
On the downside, you’ll be working with me quite a bit of the time
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Great job for the right candidate
On the downside, you’ll be working with me quite a bit of the time
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Policy and communications officer | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies | CharityJob
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September 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We’re currently recruiting for a policy and communications officer
Great job for the right candidate
On the downside, you’ll be working with me quite a bit of the time
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/centre-...
Great job for the right candidate
On the downside, you’ll be working with me quite a bit of the time
www.charityjob.co.uk/jobs/centre-...
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Smart, self-critical and less patronising
Is it time for a rethink on the way criminal justice reformers do criminal justice reform?
My latest commentary on what’s what
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Is it time for a rethink on the way criminal justice reformers do criminal justice reform?
My latest commentary on what’s what
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/smart-self-c...
Smart, self-critical and less patronising | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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August 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Smart, self-critical and less patronising
Is it time for a rethink on the way criminal justice reformers do criminal justice reform?
My latest commentary on what’s what
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/smart-self-c...
Is it time for a rethink on the way criminal justice reformers do criminal justice reform?
My latest commentary on what’s what
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/smart-self-c...
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New report out today: Understanding Dual Contact for Women
In this @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Working Paper, our Head of Policy Kirsty Kitchen discusses the significant, but largely neglected, overlap between the criminal justice system and children’s social care.
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In this @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Working Paper, our Head of Policy Kirsty Kitchen discusses the significant, but largely neglected, overlap between the criminal justice system and children’s social care.
bit.ly/3Ul7kb8
Understanding Dual Contact for Women | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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August 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
New report out today: Understanding Dual Contact for Women
In this @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Working Paper, our Head of Policy Kirsty Kitchen discusses the significant, but largely neglected, overlap between the criminal justice system and children’s social care.
bit.ly/3Ul7kb8
In this @crimeandjustice.bsky.social Working Paper, our Head of Policy Kirsty Kitchen discusses the significant, but largely neglected, overlap between the criminal justice system and children’s social care.
bit.ly/3Ul7kb8
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The criminalisation of young adults
Liat Tuv of CCJS examines how the CJS is processing young adults and reveals that young women are being inappropriately detained, while Black defendants are facing tougher penalties than White defendants.
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Liat Tuv of CCJS examines how the CJS is processing young adults and reveals that young women are being inappropriately detained, while Black defendants are facing tougher penalties than White defendants.
www.russellwebster.com/the-criminal...
The criminalisation of young adults
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies examines how the criminal justice system is processing young adults
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July 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The criminalisation of young adults
Liat Tuv of CCJS examines how the CJS is processing young adults and reveals that young women are being inappropriately detained, while Black defendants are facing tougher penalties than White defendants.
www.russellwebster.com/the-criminal...
Liat Tuv of CCJS examines how the CJS is processing young adults and reveals that young women are being inappropriately detained, while Black defendants are facing tougher penalties than White defendants.
www.russellwebster.com/the-criminal...
Smaller, but tougher
Our new report, out today, reveals that fewer young adults are being sent to prison than a decade ago, but those who are imprisoned are getting much longer sentences
#SmallerButTougher
Our new report, out today, reveals that fewer young adults are being sent to prison than a decade ago, but those who are imprisoned are getting much longer sentences
#SmallerButTougher
July 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Smaller, but tougher
Our new report, out today, reveals that fewer young adults are being sent to prison than a decade ago, but those who are imprisoned are getting much longer sentences
#SmallerButTougher
Our new report, out today, reveals that fewer young adults are being sent to prison than a decade ago, but those who are imprisoned are getting much longer sentences
#SmallerButTougher
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Interesting new research out in the British Journal of Criminology
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
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Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
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Mano Dura v. Uneasy Peace in El Salvador: Effects of Tough-on-Crime and Gang Truce Policies in the Former Murder Capital of the World
Abstract. Until recently, El Salvador had one of the world’s highest homicide rates, largely driven by criminal groups. Since 2003, the government attempte
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July 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Interesting new research out in the British Journal of Criminology
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Homicides in El Salvador rose when tough on crime policies were pursued, and fell when policies based on truces and negotiation with and between gangs were followed
academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
We have now published all the commended essays (and the winner) of the inaugural Mike Guilfoyle Essay Prize. The annual competition, run with @napotheunion.bsky.social , honours Mike’s memory by encouraging reflections on all that is valuable and important in probation.
July 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We have now published all the commended essays (and the winner) of the inaugural Mike Guilfoyle Essay Prize. The annual competition, run with @napotheunion.bsky.social , honours Mike’s memory by encouraging reflections on all that is valuable and important in probation.
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Approach with caution: Does the UK have anything to learn from Texas?
A rare opportunity to hear from Michele Deitch, one of the foremost US experts on prisons and sentencing policy.
@crimeandjustice.bsky.social event 21 July lunchtime
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/approach-cau...
A rare opportunity to hear from Michele Deitch, one of the foremost US experts on prisons and sentencing policy.
@crimeandjustice.bsky.social event 21 July lunchtime
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/approach-cau...
Approach with caution: Does the UK have anything to learn from Texas? | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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June 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Approach with caution: Does the UK have anything to learn from Texas?
A rare opportunity to hear from Michele Deitch, one of the foremost US experts on prisons and sentencing policy.
@crimeandjustice.bsky.social event 21 July lunchtime
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/approach-cau...
A rare opportunity to hear from Michele Deitch, one of the foremost US experts on prisons and sentencing policy.
@crimeandjustice.bsky.social event 21 July lunchtime
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/approach-cau...
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What's the best way to prepare for #BSC2025?
We recommend reading BJC’s new virtual issue, which explores how #criminology can advance social justice — expertly curated by @francispakes.bsky.social and @drlisasugiura.bsky.social.
:et us know your thoughts 💭
🔗 https://oxford.ly/3HYHarS
We recommend reading BJC’s new virtual issue, which explores how #criminology can advance social justice — expertly curated by @francispakes.bsky.social and @drlisasugiura.bsky.social.
:et us know your thoughts 💭
🔗 https://oxford.ly/3HYHarS
BJC Virtual Issue 2025
Francis Pakes and Lisa Sugiura
The theme for the 2025 British Society of Criminology conference is Criminology for Social Justice. It centres criminology as a
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June 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What's the best way to prepare for #BSC2025?
We recommend reading BJC’s new virtual issue, which explores how #criminology can advance social justice — expertly curated by @francispakes.bsky.social and @drlisasugiura.bsky.social.
:et us know your thoughts 💭
🔗 https://oxford.ly/3HYHarS
We recommend reading BJC’s new virtual issue, which explores how #criminology can advance social justice — expertly curated by @francispakes.bsky.social and @drlisasugiura.bsky.social.
:et us know your thoughts 💭
🔗 https://oxford.ly/3HYHarS
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‘Prison was the first place we felt sisterhood’: six women return to the ruins of Holloway
In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice system
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice system
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
‘Prison was the first place we felt sisterhood’: six women return to the ruins of Holloway
In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them – and reflect on what led them there in the first place. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice s...
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
‘Prison was the first place we felt sisterhood’: six women return to the ruins of Holloway
In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice system
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
In an astonishing new documentary, former inmates go back to the cells that once held them. The result is a powerful indictment of our justice system
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
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My latest commentary on our current crop of politicians
Burdened by the past and fearful of the future, they are stuck in a doom loop
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/building-bet...
Burdened by the past and fearful of the future, they are stuck in a doom loop
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/building-bet...
Building a better future | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
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May 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My latest commentary on our current crop of politicians
Burdened by the past and fearful of the future, they are stuck in a doom loop
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/building-bet...
Burdened by the past and fearful of the future, they are stuck in a doom loop
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/building-bet...
Join us for our next event, Echoes of tomorrow, on 24 June
We’ll be discussing how on present-day criminal justice policy-making is haunted by past decisions and anticipations of what the future might hold
We’ll be discussing how on present-day criminal justice policy-making is haunted by past decisions and anticipations of what the future might hold
May 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Join us for our next event, Echoes of tomorrow, on 24 June
We’ll be discussing how on present-day criminal justice policy-making is haunted by past decisions and anticipations of what the future might hold
We’ll be discussing how on present-day criminal justice policy-making is haunted by past decisions and anticipations of what the future might hold
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Any Sentencing Review must surely be just a first step in the long promised fundamental appraisal of our entire neglected desperately underfunded Justice system.
A couple of quick thoughts on the Sentencing Review, due out today
Successive governments and parliaments have been persistent offenders: driving up sentence lengths, pitching the prison system into recurring crises, then casting around for fixes for the mess they have created
Successive governments and parliaments have been persistent offenders: driving up sentence lengths, pitching the prison system into recurring crises, then casting around for fixes for the mess they have created
May 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Any Sentencing Review must surely be just a first step in the long promised fundamental appraisal of our entire neglected desperately underfunded Justice system.
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A couple of quick thoughts on the Sentencing Review, due out today
Successive governments and parliaments have been persistent offenders: driving up sentence lengths, pitching the prison system into recurring crises, then casting around for fixes for the mess they have created
Successive governments and parliaments have been persistent offenders: driving up sentence lengths, pitching the prison system into recurring crises, then casting around for fixes for the mess they have created
May 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A couple of quick thoughts on the Sentencing Review, due out today
Successive governments and parliaments have been persistent offenders: driving up sentence lengths, pitching the prison system into recurring crises, then casting around for fixes for the mess they have created
Successive governments and parliaments have been persistent offenders: driving up sentence lengths, pitching the prison system into recurring crises, then casting around for fixes for the mess they have created
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The prison population level is “unacceptable”
“There is no money available for the construction of expensive new prisons and many worthwhile schemes to improve the lot of both staff and inmate have had to be postponed or cancelled”
Written in 1977, but could have been today
“There is no money available for the construction of expensive new prisons and many worthwhile schemes to improve the lot of both staff and inmate have had to be postponed or cancelled”
Written in 1977, but could have been today
May 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The prison population level is “unacceptable”
“There is no money available for the construction of expensive new prisons and many worthwhile schemes to improve the lot of both staff and inmate have had to be postponed or cancelled”
Written in 1977, but could have been today
“There is no money available for the construction of expensive new prisons and many worthwhile schemes to improve the lot of both staff and inmate have had to be postponed or cancelled”
Written in 1977, but could have been today
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When was this written?
“Many members of the Prison Service... have lived in hope for years of seeing, not merely adequate resources to end the sheer physical chaos of overcrowding, but recognition of and encouragement for the positive and imaginative part of their work”
“Many members of the Prison Service... have lived in hope for years of seeing, not merely adequate resources to end the sheer physical chaos of overcrowding, but recognition of and encouragement for the positive and imaginative part of their work”
May 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
When was this written?
“Many members of the Prison Service... have lived in hope for years of seeing, not merely adequate resources to end the sheer physical chaos of overcrowding, but recognition of and encouragement for the positive and imaginative part of their work”
“Many members of the Prison Service... have lived in hope for years of seeing, not merely adequate resources to end the sheer physical chaos of overcrowding, but recognition of and encouragement for the positive and imaginative part of their work”
Pick of the week
The Guardian recommends the four-part ‘In it together’ podcast on joint enterprise we produced with @jengba.bsky.social
All episodes now out. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts
The Guardian recommends the four-part ‘In it together’ podcast on joint enterprise we produced with @jengba.bsky.social
All episodes now out. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts
April 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Pick of the week
The Guardian recommends the four-part ‘In it together’ podcast on joint enterprise we produced with @jengba.bsky.social
All episodes now out. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts
The Guardian recommends the four-part ‘In it together’ podcast on joint enterprise we produced with @jengba.bsky.social
All episodes now out. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts
“The terrifying thing for me is that someone will be listening right now and think everything coming out my mouth is just utter nonsense, then in about three month’s time, they'll probably ring us up and say, 'my son's been charged with murder, but he hasn't done anything’”
April 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“The terrifying thing for me is that someone will be listening right now and think everything coming out my mouth is just utter nonsense, then in about three month’s time, they'll probably ring us up and say, 'my son's been charged with murder, but he hasn't done anything’”
“Hope is a very dangerous commodity […] but hope also keeps him alive. I think hope is actually, as long as it's managed, it keeps them going” - Charlotte Henry talking about her brother Alex Henry in episode three of In It Together.
April 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“Hope is a very dangerous commodity […] but hope also keeps him alive. I think hope is actually, as long as it's managed, it keeps them going” - Charlotte Henry talking about her brother Alex Henry in episode three of In It Together.
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#jointenterprise #podcast #maxinepeake @jengba.bsky.social @crimeandjustice.bsky.social
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Maxine Peake to host brand-new criminal justice podcast
Actor and social justice campaigner Maxine Peake is hosting a new podcast looking at joint enterprise: when multiple people are held responsible for the same crime.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM