It's hard to measure crime, which can make news stories seem more worrying than they really are. We look past the headlines to explain the full picture.
Crime
"Ruling raises new fears of establishment cover-up"—The Times, 16 April 2015 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said yesterday that it would not prosecute Lord Janner, a Labour peer, in relation … Read
Crime
Crime as experienced and recounted by adults is falling in general and has been since the mid-1990s. Read
One of the most important things about human rights law, according to its supporters, is that the protections it provides apply to everyone. Opponents say that this feature of the … Read
What is human rights law and what does each side say in this debate? Read
"The next Conservative Government will scrap the Human Rights Act, and introduce a British Bill of Rights"—Conservative Party Manifesto, 14 April 2015 If you feel strongly about the UK's human … Read
It's no longer the case that a Prime Minister can call an early general election with the agreement of the Queen The Fixed-term Parliaments Act now sets elections at five-year … Read
Crime
The High Court ruled yesterday (presumably before the Royal Courts of Justice were evacuated) that a policy barring prisoners from being transfered to open prisons if they have a history … Read
We look at the story behind the ECTHR ruling on prisoners' right to vote Read
Nothing enlivens a courtroom drama quite like the decisive—or furious—crack of a judge's gavel. News articles reporting on legal issues also tend to be accompanied with stock images of this … Read
Crime
A report has criticised police recording of crimes, with particular emphasis on the handling of sexual offences. Why are crimes left unrecorded or incorrectly struck off the record? Read
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