Make Justice Work in Progress Magazine
Friday 28th August 2009
We need a more rational debate about crime and punishment
This week has seen the beginning of the usual banter leading up to the party conferences as well as the tendency to engage in political gimmickry (as seen by Chris Grayling’s reference to the Wire and Broken Britain). So the general public must be on their guard if they are going to be allowed access to any kind of rational, informed debate around those policies which will impact on their day to day lives, in particular crime.
Read the full article here.
News
- 06.09.2010 | Daily Telegraph Coalition ministers are going soft on crime, insists Tony Blair
- 06.09.2010 | Guardian Sir Ian Blair: “So, prison’s a party, is it?”
- 25.08.2010 | Prospect Spend less on prison
- 28.08.2010 | BBC News Cutting short term jail sentences ‘will not reduce crime’
Our Research
- Martin Wright Towards a Restorative Society
- Matrix Evidence Are Short-Term Prison Sentences Efficient and Effective?

