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Prisons
Punishment in prisons
The report looks at how jails in England and Wales operate disciplinary hearings called adjudications, where allegations of rule-breaking are tried.
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Suicides, self harm & death in custody
Prisons
The cost of prison suicide
This research briefing is the first publication of its kind to examine the financial impact that a prisoner’s death by suicide can have on public services.
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Prisons
Young People
Coercive sex in prison
This is the third in a series of briefing papers for the Commission on Sex in Prison.
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Sentencing and the law
Prisons
International issues
Faint Hope: What to do about long sentences
This briefing paper shows that there are lessons to be learned from the way other jurisdictions approach long-term imprisonment.
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Women
Mitigating Motherhood
A study of the impact of motherhood on sentencing decisions in England and Wales
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Prisons
The state of prisons in England and Wales
£85.00
Two volume set by John Howard.
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Policing
Young People
Human rights and justice
Child arrests in England and Wales 2014
This briefing presents an analysis of freedom of information data from 43 police services areas and the British Transport Police in England and Wales.
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Young People
Human rights and justice
Criminal care
This report investigates how children living in children’s homes are being criminalised at excessively high rates compared to other boys and girls.
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Women
Report on the Inquiry into Preventing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Women
This report presents the findings of the Inquiry into Preventing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Women run by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women in the Penal System, chaired by Baroness Corston.
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