Our newspaper
The Howard
The Howard newspaper is published quarterly and sent to all our members. To receive a regular copy of the Howard please join as a member and help support us.
Publications
The Howard League for Penal Reform publishes a comprehensive range of books, reports and briefing papers which can be ordered online. A number of the Howard League's publications can be downloaded for free.
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Ending the criminalisation of children in residential care. Briefing three: ‘Hearts and heads’ – Good practice in children’s homes
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More than a roof overhead
What home means to children in trouble with the law
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Children and Sentencing:
A guide for adults supporting children facing sentence in the criminal courts in England and Wales
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Ending the criminalisation of children in residential care. Briefing two: best practice in policing
Howard League report explores policing of children’s homes
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The Role of the Prison Officer
A joint report by the Howard League and Community, the trade union representing staff across the justice sector.
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Justice for Young People
Justice for Young People: 15 years of successful legal work explains how the Howard League set up a legal team to provide prison and civil law support to children in custody.
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Out of control
Research by the Howard League reveals that prisons are routinely and increasingly resorting to draconian punishments in a counter-productive attempt to regain control.
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Child arrests in England and Wales 2016
This analysis is based on freedom of information data from 43 police service areas in England and Wales ad the British Transport Police.
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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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