Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
@CrimeandJustice
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A fair, effective and accountable justice system, in a society less dominated by criminalisation and punishment
London, England
Joined April 2009
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 🧵🧵🧵
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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
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@bridgetmcinern1 @Trapped_Pod @TheHowardLeague @PRTuk @CrimeandJustice @CommonsJustice @JamesTCobbler @ActionIpp @UNGRIPP @in_justice_ipp @fmspear Trapped episode 19 is now live. Work continues on episode 20. https://t.co/9rp2RuvM1n
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 IPP ended in 2012, but 1,000+ people are still serving indefinite sentences in prison. Andrew Morris & Matthew Parris discuss why people are still held under IPP & how we can rid ourselves of its legacy once and for all. 🎧Listen now: https://t.co/d691JCOblg
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Our Co-Director Professor Adam Crawford led a roundtable discussion on the importance of listening to the voices of people with lived experience at @CrimeandJustice & @CCJP_UoB 's event on diversion last week. Read more 👇 https://t.co/esieAXru9i
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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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‘They think they’re driving the car - but they’re actually not’ @RichardJGarside from the @CrimeandJustice responds to Lord Timpson’s @JamesTCobbler lack of action on #IPPs Listen now to #Trapped Ep 17 ‘A Poisoned Chalice’ wherever you get your pods 🔗 https://t.co/DTHN8YwHL8
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🔥 New Trapped Episode 17 🔥 ‘A Poisoned Chalice’ available to listen now wherever you get your #podcasts 🔗 https://t.co/dXFDXYEUUF
#IPPScandal #IPPInjustice #Trapped
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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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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 https://t.co/i64orPTMAo
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👩⚖️New report from @CrimeandJustice - Smaller, but tougher: How the criminal justice system is processing young adults. Young adults face tougher justice outcomes despite fewer prosecutions. The report spotlights age, gender & race disparities 👇 https://t.co/iUOxh1kSMr
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Single justice procedure prosecutions make up the majority of all prosecutions in the magistrates’ courts. In our new report, we detail how the SJP works, its failings and how we could improve this impersonal ‘conveyor-belt’ process. 🔗Read the report: https://t.co/a2gfUO0oq7
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The criminalisation of young adults Liat Tuv of @CrimeandJustice 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. https://t.co/sElOJfKCxD
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Centre for Crime and Justice Studies examines how the criminal justice system is processing young adults
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Find out more about our new report on the criminalisation of young adults – Smaller, but tougher – here #SmallerButTougher
https://t.co/770fw514hh
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However, unreliable ethnicity data makes it harder to work out the trends for the smaller, marginalised groups within the criminal justice system This is particularly the case for young Black women, whose experiences and outcomes are not captured in the general trends
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Young women are more likely to held in pre-trial detention for offences that do not ultimately lead to a prison sentence than young men Meanwhile, White young adults appear to be getting more lenient sentences than their Black counterparts
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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
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Should Texas be a model or a cautionary tale as the UK looks to reform its sentencing practices & address prison crowding? I’m looking forward to talking w/ @RichardJGarside @CrimeandJustice next Mon. abt these issues. Sign-up link below. @PJInnovationLab @TheLBJSchool @UTexasLaw
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 event 21 July lunchtime https://t.co/71d3FepzME
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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 https://t.co/ciKz3ZDcLB
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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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"Credit to Napo and the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies for platforming this, even though it will likely be overlooked by probation services, HMPPS, and much of the academic establishment." 4/4
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