Crime
On drugs policy, the government should do what the evidence tells them
Dr Michael Shiner, Assistant Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, on the need for the government to stop burying its head in the sand and reform drugs policy.
Cooper: Tory “reputation” on law and order “was only ever rhetoric”
One of the key arguments at yesterday’s Progress conference was that Labour, not the Conservatives, are the party who can rightly claim to be the party of law and order.
Cuts to probation service could pave the way to disaster
The Howard League for Penal Reform has today published its response to the government’s justice green paper, 'Breaking the cycle: effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders'.
Four media myths about the justice green paper
Sophie Willett, of The Howard League for Penal Reform, rebuts some of the right wing tabloids' myths about the Ministry of Justice green paper, 'Breaking the cycle: effective punishment, rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders'.
Making the rehabilitation revolution a reality
The Howard League for Penal Reform outline the evidence they gave to the Justice Affairs Select Committee, which they have been allowed to publish today.
Study shows strong link between police numbers and crime
A study has shown a strong negative correlation between police numbers & crime, contradicting police minister Nick Herbert's claim that "there is no such link".