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  • Youth Justice: SGC Overarching Principles - Sentencing Youths

    Youth Justice: SGC Overarching Principles - Sentencing Youths

    The Sentencing Guidelines Council's
    'Overarching Principles - Sentencing Youths' Definitive Guideline.

    Plus: a summary of the key changes from the consultation document

    Styled as per Youth Justice and The Youth Court

    Available here as a free download (PDF)


  • Youth Court Layout

    Youth Court Layout

    A helpful diagram, taken from Youth Justice and The Youth Court (2010 edition - now available)

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  • Crime and Punishment Quiz

    Crime and Punishment Quiz

    Test you knowledge of crime and punishment with our quiz.

    You can take the quiz online or download a PDF of questions and answers to test friends, colleagues students etc.

    We welcome your comments - too easy or too hard? Please let us know.

  • Magistrates' Court diagrams

    Magistrates' Court diagrams

    Some helpful diagrams, taken from The Magistrates' Court: An Introduction (5th Ed, May 2009)

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  • Restorative Justice in Prisons

    Restorative Justice in Prisons

    A Guide to Making It Happen: Free Toolkits page

    13 free downloads on their own page, here

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  • Catalogue 2008-9

    Catalogue 2008-9

    Download our latest catalogue in PDF format


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  • So You Think You Know Me?

    So You Think You Know Me?

    Allan Weaver

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  • The New Home Office

    The New Home Office

    An Introduction SECOND EDITION

    Read Chapter 1
    "The Home Office: An Overview"

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  • The New Ministry of Justice

    The New Ministry of Justice

    An Introduction SECOND EDITION

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    "The Ministry of Justice: An Overview"

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  • The Criminal Justice System

    The Criminal Justice System

    An Introduction

    THIRD EDITION

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  • Making Good

    Making Good

    Prisons, Punishment and Beyond SECOND EDITION

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  • Diversity in the Media

    Diversity in the Media

    History of the Cultural Diversity Advisory Group to the Media 1992-2007

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  • Law, Justice and Mediation

    Law, Justice and Mediation

    The Legend of St Yves

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  • Doing Justice Better

    Doing Justice Better

    The Politics of Restorative Justice

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  • Serial Killers

    Serial Killers

    Hunting Britons and Their Victims 1960-2006

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  • Continuity and Change in the Home Office

    Continuity and Change in the Home Office

    Referenced in Crime, State and Citizen by David Faulkner; and The New Ministry of Justice and The New Home Office by Bryan Gibson, here you can download David Faulkner's 1991 occasional paper.

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  • Justice For William

    Justice For William

    The Story of Wendy Crompton: Mother of a Murdered Son

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  • Pit of Shame

    Pit of Shame

    The Real Ballad of Reading Gaol

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  • The Blantyre House Prison Affair

    The Blantyre House Prison Affair

    A Modern-Day Witch Hunt

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  • Drugs, Victims and Race

    Drugs, Victims and Race

    The Politics of Drug Control

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  • Ballot Box to Jury Box

    Ballot Box to Jury Box

    The Life and Times of an English Crown Court Judge

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  • Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice

    Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice

    Past, Present and Future Perspectives

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