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By Rose Broad and Carly Lightowlers Filed Under: Featured Posted:
Changes in the way that offenders are supervised, along with the increased availability of alcohol, are undermining attempts to support offenders with alcohol-related problems, explain Dr Rose Broad and Dr Carly Lightowlers. Alcohol and violence have consistently been linked in studies such as this one and this one, although no causal connection has been conclusively […]
By Stephanie Wallace Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity Posted:
Ethnic minorities are heavily over-represented at all stages of the criminal justice system. We have to look at the wider structure of inequality to understand why, argues Stephanie Wallace. Two dominant explanations generally account for the over representation of ethnic minority groups in the criminal justice system; ethnic minorities commit more crime and institutionalised racism. […]
By Juanjo Medina Filed Under: Featured Posted:
Most police forces don’t understand how to use their powers of stop and search, writes Dr Juan Medina-Ariza. Black people are seven times as likely to be stopped and searched than whites in modern, multi-ethnic Britain – and this risks undermining the public’s faith in the police. The publication of HMIC’s report on the use […]