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Just another Scumbag Millionaire? Green, BHS and the State of UK Regulation

Steve Tombs examines the rhetoric of capitalism in reference to the collapse of BHS.

10th August 2016
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Hillsborough, justice and the state

In today's post, James Mehigan compares justice in the Hillsborough and Stade Armand-Cesari disasters.

3rd August 2016
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The Empire is Out With a Million Bullets Fired: a short introduction to the poetic rhetoric of harm

In this article, Avi Boukli explores how poetry has reflected recent political events.

21st July 2016
A ranking of Euro 2016 countries in regards to juvenile rights.

Euro 2016: Children’s Rights Champions of Europe

James Mehigan considers how the Euro 2016 countries stack up on juvenile justice in this month's post.

13th June 2016
A graph showing the effect of cuts to legal aid.

Legal aid cuts prevent the police from being held accountable for their actions

James Mehigan explores how cuts to legal aid harm the accountability of the police in today's blog.

17th May 2016
A document that says '21,000 children give evidence in court each yet. But with only 94 registered intermediaries, most don't get this support.

Supporting young offenders in the courtroom

Today's article has been written by Nicola Brace, who explores initiatives to help young offenders in a courtroom context.

26th April 2016
An abandoned brown building with items on balconies.

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village

In this post, Victoria Canning and Evgenia Iliadou discuss the occupation of abandoned buildings by refugees in Turin.

7th April 2016
Ground level view of a glass skyscraper in London.

Banking Crimes without End

In this month's blog, Steve Tombs explores how banking crimes produce a range of victimisation and social harms.

14th March 2016
A drawing of three women with the word 'Salvage' underneath.

Six key messages about sexual violence in UK activist communities

The Salvage research project listens to survivors of activist sexual violence: Julia Downes examines what they’ve learned.

8th February 2016
A book cover showing a prison cell with light coming through the bars, with text that says 'Convict Criminology: Inside and Out, Rod Earle'.

What is Convict criminology?

The first of this year's blogs is by Rod Earle, who outlines a new school of convict criminology.

14th January 2016