Sanctions imposed for breach of Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions (ASBIs) raise profound issues of social justice and abuse of power. Criminal Behaviour Orders were introduced in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to replace the Anti-Social Behaviour Order regime, together with a civil injunction to prevent nuisance and annoyance (IPNA). Local councils, the police orContinue reading “Anti-Social Behaviour Law: punishing the poor and vulnerable? “
Author Archives: crimetobepoor
The criminalisation of homelessness in Salamanca (Spain)
Isabel García Domínguez Researcher in training at the University of Salamanca, Department of General Public Law, Spain. Currently Visiting Researcher at the University of Leeds, funded by the British Spanish Society Scholarship 2022 Aporophobia, which means the hate or rejection of poor people, was conceptualised by Adela Cortina in 1996. However, this term was rarelyContinue reading “The criminalisation of homelessness in Salamanca (Spain)”
A ‘new chance’ instead of prison: can it reduce crime?’
written as part of the Rethink and Reset campaign rub by Revolving Doors: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/a-new-chance-instead-of-prison-can-it-reduce-crime/
Engaging Marginalised Children: Improving Preventative Intervention in Youth Justice
Realist research funded by the Nuffield Foundation has highlighted the importance of ‘child first’ environments and intervention design for achieving positive outcomes, particularly for marginalised children who are given community sentences in the Youth Justice System. The project was conducted by a multi-disciplinary team, led by Professor Steve Case, with Dr Mark Monaghan and DrContinue reading “Engaging Marginalised Children: Improving Preventative Intervention in Youth Justice”
Punishing poverty in public spaces: living within a Public Spaces Protection Order
Dr Vicky Heap, Dr Alex Black and Dr Chris Devany Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) prompted concern and criticism from human rights organisations and criminologists when they were introduced by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (2014). In short, a PSPO can place behavioural restrictions upon a designated area of public space. If thoseContinue reading “Punishing poverty in public spaces: living within a Public Spaces Protection Order”
The School to Prison Pipeline: A UK Perspective
at the University of Birmingham (7 November 2022) as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences We hosted a very lively and insightful event on The School to Prison Pipeline: A UK Perspectiveat the University of Birmingham campus on a rainy Monday evening (in November!). We were delighted to see so many attendees engagedContinue reading “The School to Prison Pipeline: A UK Perspective”
Wales no longer sends people who owe council tax to prison, England should do the same
Rona Epstein http://appeal.org.uk/news/2017/1/19/no-longer-in-prison-melanies-sentence-is-quashed First published by APPEAL https://appeal.org.uk/
Why are we sending people to prison for begging and rough sleeping?
Rona Epstein First published in the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/go-directly-jail-shouting-begging-and-rough-sleeping
Why are pregnant women in prison?
Rona Epstein & Geraldine Brown First published in the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/we-should-stop-sending-pregnant-women-prison
Too many women are in prison on remand
Rona Epstein First published in The Justice Gap https://www.thejusticegap.com/women-in-prison-remand-in-custody/