Policy Hub
On 2 December 2005, the Public Management and Policy Association (PMPA)announced the publication of the October edition of Public Money & Management (PMM), with the theme Criminal justice: tensions and challenges.
Nick Tilley explores how crime prevention has become embedded as a taken-for-granted part of the criminal justice policy in his article Crime reduction: a quarter century review. He discusses how this has become an important development because it proves that crime cannot be tackled by the criminal justice system alone. He also explores the youth justice reform, in addition to local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships and how they can benefit crime reduction.
Steve Bradford and Rod Morgan argue that the early success of the youth justice reforms may be jeopardised by the onslaught of further initiatives. They are concerned that recent initiatives, such as the Anti- Social Behaviour Order (ASBO), threaten to take youth justice in a more punitive direction and draw yet more young people into the criminal justice system. These concerns are outlined in the article Transformed youth justice?
John Raine examines the main developments concerning courts and the sentencing of offenders over the past 25 years. Prison, he argues, should be reserved for the most serious, high-risk offenders while others receive sentences within the community. A problem for the government is that sentencing is the responsibility of the courts and should not become a political issue.
Articles can be made available for re-print upon request to PMPA.