crime and justice Articles

Last week justice secretary Chris Grayling focused in on the high levels of reoffending by those leaving prison and confirmed its full steam ahead for rehabilitating offenders through a payment by results approach. On one thing he is right – we need to do more to...

Being a victim of violent crime can truly turn your life upside down. The trauma involved can cause lasting psychological damage, and then there’s the impact of any physical injuries. Some victims are so physically and mentally scarred that they’re unable to work....

Standing on a cold corner handing out leaflets for Simon Murphy, the excellent police and crime commissioner candidate for West Mercia, I was more than a little frustrated when several people said to me, ‘I don’t think I’m going to vote – I haven’t heard anything...

Should we be using the law to protect better all workers who come into contact with members of the public?  Emergency workers already do have protection thanks to the previous Labour government, but shopkeepers don’t. This week is Freedom from Fear week, a campaign...