Alternatives to custody: How is Europe doing?
The Alternatives to Custody in Europe project (ACE) brings together partners from a diverse range of European countries, to assess the evidence and work out whether criminal justice sanctions and...
Alternatives to Custody in Europe: getting started
Last week, I was delighted to meet our seven collaborators in the new Alternatives to Custody in Europe project in Rome. Ahead...
New report on tackling use of custody cites our work
Investigating alternatives to custody across Europe
This month sees the Centre starting work on a new project comparing alternatives to incarceration across eight European countries.
The European Observatory on Alternatives to Incarceration, a two year project funded by the European Union, will draw on the expertise of...
Grayling: 'If you break the law you will be punished'
In a bid to improve 'public confidence' in the criminal justice system, Justice Minister Chris Grayling has announced (again) that all community sentences are to incorporate a 'punitive element'. The reforms brought about by the Crime and Courts Act 2013 will come into...
Community Sentences Digest (2nd edition)
Community sentences: a solution to penal excess?
Reducing the numbers in custody: looking beyond criminal justice solutions
At a time of spending cuts and continued increases to inequality, a new report argues the prison population is likely to rise further, despite the coalition's expressed aim to contain and manage prison numbers.