“Yo yo Jay” “Bless, yeah, bless” Jay replied. Gold and platinum chains, sparkling watch and close cut beard that looks like it had been painted on masked… Read more “What the police did to a young Muslim”
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Crime, justice and conceptual problems.
Conceptual frameworks are the underpinning for any line of enquiry. They frame and constrain available options. They are the foundations on which thoughts, ideas and discussions are… Read more “Crime, justice and conceptual problems.”
On class, prison and Lavinia Woodward
So here we have it, as we knew would happen, Oxford student Lavinia Woodward has been spared a prison sentence. And the media is raging. There is… Read more “On class, prison and Lavinia Woodward”
Criminalisation and injustice: double standards which target the poor
In 1979, Jeffrey Reiman published the first edition of his book, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. The book’s title perfectly summarised the systemic… Read more “Criminalisation and injustice: double standards which target the poor”
Injustice and the consequences of conviction
In an interview for Injustice, Penelope Gibbs, the director of Transform Justice, tells us of the ways in which a conviction constitutes multiple punishments. The conviction itself… Read more “Injustice and the consequences of conviction”