‘People Get Killed Cause of There [Their] Skin. It Cannot Be Stopped’: A Midlands Case Study Considering Experiences of Racism Amongst Pupils in UK Secondary Schools and the Community

This paper investigates UK pupil experience of racism and race-hate-related extremism. World Café research was conducted with 57 school and college pupils aged 14–17 years from a city in the Midlands.

Reinterpreting the UK Response to Hate Crime

This paper considers the motivation and function of the UK’s hate-crime framework, offering a historically located interpretation.

Editorial (Volume 16, Issue 1)

Reflecting on the findings and recommendations of the MacPherson report, this is the first of a two-part special issue which examines the processes of hate crime (the term now used to include all crime motivated or aggravated by prejudice, not just racism) from the perspectives of victims, victim services, the criminal justice system and perpetrators.

Covid-19 in custody: responding to pandemics in prisons in england and wales

COVID-19 was first detected in the prison estate in England and Wales in March 2020 and spread rapidly amongst prisoners and staff.

CALL FOR PAPERS: Making a restorative criminal justice system a reality

Since our very first issue, the British Journal of Community Justice has sought to examine the potential for restorative practice to be applied to the criminal justice system.

Editorial Comment: Paul Senior – Last Words

Editorial Comment: Paul Senior – Last Words

The Truth about the Children’s Care System, the Links Between Care and Custody and the Role of Alcohol in Child Neglect

On 19 March 2019, Sir Martin Narey gave his inaugural address on being appointed Visiting Professor at the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Developing Community Courts with Restorative Justice in Ireland

In 2007 the Irish National Crime Council recommended that community courts should be established in Ireland, located in the inner city of Dublin, to deal with quality-of-life offences.

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