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Prosecuting mental health – accountability or criminalisation?
The government is set to increase the maximum sentence for people who assault emergency workers… Read more
To blindly go? Learning (or not) from pandemic policing
How did policing adapt during the pandemic? And now lockdown is lifting, which changes should… Read more
Should a parent shop their child to the police for sexual assault?
On Monday Chief Constable Simon Bailey, the police chiefs’ lead for child protection, encouraged parents… Read more
Women are complicated and so is rape.
Sexual offences are very complicated. Most happen behind closed doors involving two adults and no… Read more
Tried and tested? New proposals for resolving crime without going to court
The practice of resolving crimes without going to court is in flux. HMICFRS has suggested… Read more
Known unknowns? The crazy world of pre-charge bail policy
It’s too easy to make policy based on assumptions. We all have beliefs we don’t… Read more
Is less more or the same?
It is tempting to think that the only way to stop individuals committing crime is… Read more
How to deal with the court backlog – divert rather than arrest
It is hard to think there might be any silver lining to the pandemic. Particularly… Read more
Police detention. Time for a rethink?
This is a guest blog from Derek Flint, retired police officer and former police custody… Read more
Unnecessary arrest and detention?
A lot of policy and guidance is never followed, nor its ignoring challenged. During the… Read more
Police and court bail policy is a mess
On the face of it, the story broken by the BBC today is alarming –… Read more
And get me to the court, get me to the court, for Gawd’s sake, get me to the court on time
FTA is the bane of a police officer’s life. If a defendant doesn’t turn up… Read more
The mysterious decline of the out of court disposal
In the old days people would talk of the neighbourhood bobby giving a teenager a… Read more
Do we need tougher community sentences?
This week the Lord Chief Justice implied that too many people were imprisoned, and that… Read more
Is there institutional racism in the criminal justice system?
The MacPherson report on Stephen Lawrence defined institutional racism as “the collective failure of an… Read more
Is confidence in the justice system at rock bottom?
Adults in the UK are more likely to have had experience of a court case,… Read more
why we still prosecute too many people
The number of prosecutions has gone down in recent years, but when I talk to… Read more
We need to put restorative justice centre stage if its ever going to work
There is huge goodwill towards restorative justice, but unfortunately goodwill has not really got it… Read more
How to restore local justice
Few think-tanks devote much time to the diminution of local justice. But Politeia has just… Read more
Interpreters – a duff contract?
When I was a magistrate, interpreters were frequent used to aid defendant, witness or both…. Read more
the continuous “arms race” in criminal justice
One of the reasons why our prisons are full to bursting is because our sentencing… Read more
How punitive can you be? The criminal justice arms race
How punitive is the man on the Clapham omnibus? It is a subject that divides… Read more
Should legal sanctions be used against annoying people?
This week peers voted against the government’s new definition of anti-social behaviour – conduct capable… Read more
When is a pilot not a pilot?
Post riots, the Ministry of Justice announced that they were going to pilot more flexible… Read more
Radical change in the courts?
Keir Starmer has given a retirement interview to the Times in which he calls for… Read more