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Latest Crime & Justice Publications
Power Down: A plan for a cheaper, more effective justice system
Read Publication Power Down argues that the election of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change the balance of power in a system currently almost bereft of local control, financial responsibility or democratic...
Future Prisons: A radical plan to reform the prison estate
Future Prisons calls for the government to shut more than 30 run-down and poorly-located prisons and replace them with 12 state of the art ‘Hub Prisons’, containing up to 3,000 inmates. The new prisons would lead to huge costs savings, a reduction in reoffending rates and a better quality of life for prisoners and prison staff.
Rebooting the PC: Using innovation to drive smart policing
Rebooting the PC urges police chiefs not to put ‘buildings before bobbies’. The police could save money and offer a better service to the public by closing out of date police stations and opening more local police offices in shopping centres and other popular public locations.
Latest Crime & Justice Blogs
Why we should electronically monitor alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse
Glyn Gaskarth, Policy Exchange’s Head of Crime & Justice, argues that alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse should be electronically monitored when the risk level warrants it, at the recommendation of a Judge.
Rethinking the emergency services split
Glyn Gaskarth, Policy Exchange’s Head of Crime & Justice, looks at the impact of the transfer of responsibility for the Fire and Rescue Service to the Home Office and the proposal for Police and Crime Commissioners to be able to take over governance of their local Fire and Rescue Service.
The draft Investigatory Powers Bill 2015: the “double lock” and the “principles of judicial review”
In this post Professor Christopher Forsyth (University of Cambridge) comments on the “double lock” proposals set out in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which would require Judicial Commissioners (High Court judges) to approve decisions of the Home Secretary to issue interception warrants.
Latest Crime & Justice News
Empty Tube station ticket offices ‘should be turned into police contact points’
The Evening Standard cites Glyn Gaskarth’s, Head of Crime and Justice at Policy Exchange, recommendation that empty tube ticket offices should be turned into police contact points.
Prisons ‘overhaul’ announced by David Cameron
BBC News cites Richard Howard, Policy Exchange’s Head of Environment and Energy, calling for greater housing efficiency and how this can create many jobs, combat fuel poverty and reduce air pollution.
How to build better prisons: New designs and a new look at their purpose
The Independent cites the influence of Policy Exchange’s Future Prisonsreport – and its proposals for new “Hub” prisons – on the government’s prisons plans.
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