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The Howard
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Publications
Howard League for Penal Reform publishes a range of books, reports and briefing papers which can be ordered online. A number of the publications can be downloaded for free.
Featured
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Arresting the entry of women into the criminal justice system: Briefing four
The fourth and final briefing from an inquiry into arrests of women, conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System.
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Education inside penal detention for children in England
This guide outlines key steps that practitioners can take to address the woefully inadequate provision of education for children in prisons and secure training centres.
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Police awareness and practice regarding gambling related harms
The third major research project undertaken by the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms
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Children on remand
This briefing focuses on the experiences, voices and lessons to be learned from five young people that the Howard League met with in Autumn 2021 who had been remanded to a children’s prison.
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Inquiry into women’s health and well-being in prisons
The report of the APPG on Women in the Penal System inquiry into women’s health and well-being in prison.
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“Surviving, not living”: Lived experiences of crime and gambling
This report outlines the lived experiences of people in England and Wales whose lives have been affected by crime linked to gambling-related harms.
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Child arrests in England and Wales 2020
Howard League briefing on arrests of children in England and Wales in 2019
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State of Play: Crime & Problem Gambling
A briefing by the Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling
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Relaunched in 2016
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
The Howard League for Penal Reform's journal was relaunched in 2016 with a new title, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, and with a new editor, Professor Ian Loader from the University of Oxford.
Our expert advice
Submissions to consultations and Parliamentary briefings
The Howard League for Penal Reform is often consulted when policy makers need expert advice. We were one of the first organisations to be given consultative status from both the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
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