‘Whose Justice? – State or Community? provides a thoughtful and principled perspective on criminal justice at a time when the country seems ready to move on from the rigid attitudes and misguided assumptions that have dominated policy and practice for almost 20 years.… Read more “Review of Whose Criminal Justice?”
Looking for Laura: Public Criminology and Hot News by Professor David Wilson was launched on 19 April 2011 at Birmingham City University.
Leading investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre (who wrote the Foreword) was due to open proceedings, but sent his apologies. In his place Fiona Church – Executive Dean of Faculty of Education, Law and Social Sciences (ELSS) – did the honours.… Read more “Gallery: Looking for Laura launched at Birmingham City University”
David Wilson – long supported by the Jeremy Vine Show – passionately made the case for looking at serial murder from the perspective of victims, rather than psychoanalysing the perpetrators. Excessive media focus on killers does nothing to help victims, and can lead to people killing for the notoriety it brings – of which there is clear evidence in recent cases.… Read more “David Wilson on the Jeremy Vine Show”
This video is no longer available, but there are others featuring Justin.
See various at YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lost+boyz+rollins
Justin Rollins’ marked the publication of his first book – The Lost Boyz: A Dark Side of Graffiti – by signing copies at the official launch in Waterstones, Sutton.… Read more “The Lost Boyz Launched by Noel ‘Razor’ Smith (video)”
‘In the media, prisons are always topical, but the portrayals are often prurient and voyeuristic, if not caricatured. In contrast to them is the carefully moderated voice of government reports and other such documents. Occupying a different ground altogether is the highly detailed picture of prison life presented in personal memoirs based on first-hand experience.… Read more “Review of Holloway Prison”
