justice
Will Clarke stay the course on his latest U-turn?
Johann Koehler, a researcher at Cambridge University’s Institute of Criminology, responds to Ken Clarke’s latest U-turn on crime and reoffending.
Burglaries, robberies, muggings on the rise… is the downturn to blame?
Shamik Das reports on fears the economic downturn is responsible for the rise in burglaries, robberies and muggings in London, as revealed by The Times this morning.
Outrage at government plans to fast track legal aid legislation
There is widespread outrage at government plans to fast track legislation that will disadvantage the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
Undercover policing: We need an inquiry that looks at the bigger picture
Rebecca Quinn, a campaigner for No Police Spies, responds to the news the undercover police story is being looked at, and calls for any inquiry to go further.
Failure to disclose evidence reminiscent of dark days of miscarriages of justice
Vera Baird QC, former Solicitor General, writes about the worrying Mark Kennedy affair, and the Crown Prosecution Service's failure to disclose evidence.
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.