crime and justice Articles

Who’d want to be a police and crime commissioner? There are 12 documents in the candidate briefing the Home Office has produced outlining the roles and responsibilities of a commissioner. These include powerful things like being able to sack the chief constable,...

A year ago in the Purple Book, Jenny Chapman and I argued that Labour’s approach to crime and justice should be built around victims and communities. Furthermore, when the victims’ commissioner appointed by the Labour government, Louise Casey, went off to do another...

It does seem strange, that in this modern day, we continue to put twelve lay persons in such a position of vulnerability, by placing them directly in the path of powerful, wealthy, violent criminals. From the gangster’s point of view, it’s as if we make them a...

Whether we agree or disagree on the need for such positions, one thing everyone will agree on is the importance of the police to the public, and that November’s elections usher in the single biggest change to policing accountability for nearly a century. Another point...