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This handbook addresses the role of the criminal-legal system in projecting and enforcing racial injustice across the globe.

A prize-winning study of the sounds of prison life, and an exploration of victimisation.

If we want to understand why democracy is in such trouble, we can learn plenty from the careers of two men who were once stellar figures in democratic politics

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In this event we are bringing together some of the leading voices in violence reduction policy and practice, to prompt honest discussion about the future of violence reduction in the UK

This article is an extended review of Jeffrey Ian Ross's student textbook, ‘Introduction to Convict Criminology’. The review tackles critical issues emerging in convict criminology and the wider live...

A devastating indictment against international complicity in Israel’s genocide in Palestine

E. Tendayi Achiume, Ashvin B. Chhabra and Daniela Bonafede-Chhabra Member in the School of Social Science, comes to the Institute from Stanford Law School. Her research focuses on the international le...

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century British History - Love, Class and Empire

As a member of the Red Army Faction, Ingrid’s letters reveal the daily struggle of a political prisoner resisting repression.

Join Gethin Jones, Helen Skelton, Michelle Ackerley and the team for conversation, advice and tips to make your day that little bit easier.

Britain’s most talented opportunist now claims Reform is the ‘party of the workers’. He’s occupying terrain wilfully vacated by Keir Starmer, says author Samuel Earle

Letters: Two men convicted of cutting down the Sycamore Gap tree should face a punishment that fits the crime, not jail, writes Dr Rod Earle. Plus letters from Matt Powell, Shayne Mary Mitchell and Mi...

Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Islamophobia, anti-racism and the British left by Scarlet Harris

from the album Perkie & The Co-operators - (Mumma was a) Bankrobber 7"

The Open University provides a lifeline for prisoners seeking to take degree courses, with around 2,000 students behind bars across the UK. However, those hoping to continue learning after release …

A biweekly newsletter about the intersection of two major systems shaping our society: criminal justice and higher education. Written by Charlotte West, Open Campus staff reporter. Know someone who do...

The London Borough of Hackney is one of the poorest areas in the country and a cultural epicentre for London’s diverse, working-class communities. It is also under threat. From Hackney, With Lov...

Dr Punam leads new season designed to help start conversations

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Islamophobia in Eastern Germany and in East Central Europe has very similar characteristics to Islamophobia in Western Europe and the USA. The difference, of degree rather than kind, is in the succ...

No musician more embodies the dramatic transformation in the British jazz scene over the past twenty-plus years than saxophonist Courtney Pine. The groundbreaking, multi-instrumentalist has led a gene...

William had spent most of his life in the care of the state. His story was one of intergenerational trauma, common to...