Labour has embarked upon a root and branch remaking of the criminal
justice system in England and Wales, with a mass of new legislation
implemented or planned. It has ensured a continuously high profile
for criminal justice issues, and they have been at the centre of
wider political discourse. Yet the basis and evidence on which
these reforms are being introduced is both uncertain and highly
controversial. Despite spending tens of millions of pounds of
research into the criminal justice system in the name of
evidence-based policy, evidence has counted only in relation to
lowlevel technocratic issues. On the big issues the clear weight of
evidence points in opposite directions to those which the
government has taken. The primary drivers of recent policies have
rather been the emulation of recent USA policies (at a time when
these are now being abandoned in the USA because they have been
shown to be ineffective); and a media-driven agenda with a focus on
conspicuous crime prevention which have had the effect of
heightening rather than assuaging public fears and concerns. This
provocative yet authoritative book seeks to expose and to unravel
what has really driven the making of criminal justice policy in the
UK. It will be essential reading for anybody interested in knowing
what is going on in criminal justice, and why it is so central to
political debate more generally.
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