What shapes leaders’ responses to issues of crime and justice is not that toughness wins, but that leniency-gone-wrong loses.
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With no clear plan to manage sentencing inflation, one option becomes to release prisoners early.
When a violent crime took place in a neighbourhood, it led to significant increases in the stress levels of local residents.
What people believe about choice and responsibility shapes what they think prison is for.
A third of police forces across England and Wales are judged by the inspectorate as “inadequate” or “requiring improvement”.
We still have a huge knowledge gap on how to actually reduce violence.
Men’s home matches at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium saw an increase in ‘expressive’ crimes driven by emotional release and identity conflict.
People’s fears of crime are shaped by the political context in which they grew up.
The more we talk about knife crime, the scarier it can seem, and the more young people feel the need to protect themselves by carrying a weapon.
The past 300 years show us that shoplifting is a crime rooted in complex societal as well as economic issues. But who deserves our sympathy: the robbers or the robbed?
Poverty, serious mental health issues and online radicalisation are all part of the prevalence of knife crime.
The wide-ranging bill deals with police powers, antisocial behaviour, deepfake pornography and much more.
In the last year, the public’s concern about crime has risen again.
The UK lacks a comprehensive system for recording hateful graffiti and imagery, something which researchers argue must change.
Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
Our sense that Letby’s appearance or lifestyle makes her an outlier is based on our own preconceptions – and misconceptions.
Integrated offender management is a better way of dealing with shoplifters than prison.
Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Crimestoppers was originally founded in 1988 and now receives more than half a million reports each year.
A high-profile conviction for a crime that is not taken seriously enough is a victory for the victim and campaigners.
Top contributors
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Principal Research Associate, Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL
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Founder & CEO, Black Box Research and Consultancy
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Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
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Professor of Data Analytics, Bangor University
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Professor In Criminology, University of Staffordshire
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Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer in Childhood & Youth Studies, The Open University
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Animal Geographer, Keele University
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Professor of Sociology of Law and Deviance, Università di Bologna; University of Essex; The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Kent
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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PhD student in Socio-Legal Studies, Leiden University
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Chair of the Policing Institute for the Eastern Region, Anglia Ruskin University
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Visiting Professor of Criminology, Kent Crime and Justice Centre, University of Kent