Recent publications

• All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System  (2011)  Women in the penal system: Second report on women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, London, Howard League.

• Chaplin, R., Flatley, J. and Smith, K. (2011) Crime in England and Wales 2010/11 Findings from the British Crime Survey and police recorded crime, London, Home Office.  Home Office Statistical Bulletin 10/11.

• Christian, J. and Kennedy, L.W. (2011) ‘Secondary narratives in the aftermath of crime: Defining family members’ relationships with prisoners’, Punishment and Society 13(4)379-402.

• Haney, L.A. (2010)   Offending Women: Power, Punishment and the Regulation of Desire.  Berkeley, University of California Press.

• Hedderman, C. (2010) ‘Government policy on women offenders: Labour’s legacy and the Coalition’s challenge, Punishment and Society 12:4, 485-500.

• HM Chief Inspector of Prisons (2011) Annual Report 2010-11, London HMIP.

• HM Inspectorate of Prisons (2010) Women in Prison: A Short Thematic Review, London, HMIP

• HM Inspectorate of Prisons (2010) Women in Prison: A Short Thematic Review, London, HMIP

• May, T., Gyateng, T. and Hough, M. (2010) Differential Treatment in the Youth Justice System,  EHRC Report 50, London, ICPR.

• Ministry of Justice (2010) Women and the Criminal Justice System, London, Ministry of Justice

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Race and the Criminal Justice System, London, Ministry of Justice

• Ministry of Justice (2011) Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletin  April- June 2011 England and Wales, London, Ministry of Justice.

• Prisons Reform Trust (2011) Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile, London PRT

• Scott, D. and Codd, G. (2010) Controversial Issues in Prisons, London, McGraw Hill/Open University Press.

• Thomas, C. (2010) Are juries fair? Ministry of Justice Research Series 1/10, London, Ministry of Justice.

• Walker, K. (2011) ‘Equality before the law: Race and social factors as sources of mitigation in sentencing in J. Roberts (ed) Mitigation and Aggravation at  Sentencing,  Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 124-45. 

International Comparisons

• Gelb, K. (2010) Gender differences in sentencing outcomes, Sentencing Advisory Panel, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (accessible via http://www.sentencingcouncil.vic.gov.au/content/publications/gender-differences-sentencing-outcomes)

• Taking justice into custody: Research into prisoners` and ex-prisoners` legal needs
  The range and depth of civil and family law problems faced by prisoners and people leaving prison is a key finding of the latest research report from the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW. Available on-line @ www.lawfoundation.net.au/ljf/app/E3C05A0DFA5A6E08CA25748D0000E890.html

• The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (2006) HIV in Prisons.
  This report provides the number of state and federal inmates who were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or had confirmed AIDS at year end 2006.Available online at: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/html/hivp/2006/hivp06.htm .

• The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics Medical Problems of Prisoners.
  This report presents findings on state and federal prisoners who reported a current medical problem, a physical or mental impairment, a dental problem, or an injury since admission based on data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities. Available online at: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/html/mpp/mpp.htm

• Law and Justice Foundation Taking justice into custody: Research into prisoners` and ex-prisoners` legal needs, NSW, Australia
  [The range and depth of civil and family law problems faced by prisoners and people leaving prison is a key finding of the latest research report from the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW. Report available at www.lawfoundation.net.au/ljf/app/E3C05A0DFA5A6E08CA25748D0000E890.html]

Disability and the Criminal Justice System

• J. Talbot (2008) No One Knows: Report and Final Recommendations, Prisoners' Voices: The experience of the criminal justice system by prisoners with learning disabilities and difficulties, London, Prison Reform Trust.

Ethnic minorities and the Criminal Justice System

• Holdaway, S. and O'Neill, M. (2004) 'The Development of Black Police Associations' Brit. J. of Criminology Vol 44, 854-865.

• House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (2007) Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System, HC 181-1. London, Stationery Office.

• Shute, S., Hood, R. and Seemungal, F. (2005) A Fair Hearing? Ethnic Minorities in the Criminal Courts. Cullompton, Willan.

• Youth Justice Board (2004) Differences or discrimination. Minority ethnic young people in the youth justice system

Gender and the Criminal Justice System

The December 2009 issue of the Probation Journal is a special issue on female offenders. This includes an article by Anne Worrall and Loraine Gelsthorpe:  ‘What works’ with women offenders: The past 30 years’ Probation Journal, Vol. 56, No. 4, 329-345 (2009). The article gives a review of the work being undertake with women offenders over the past 30 years in the context of criminological theory and current government policy.

• Blanchette, K. and Brown, S.L. (2006) The Assessment and Treatment of Women Offenders: an integrative perspective, Chichester, John Wiley.

• Codd, H. (2008) In the Shadow of Prison: families, imprisonment and criminal justice. Cullompton, Willan.

Socio-economic factors in punishment

• Cook, D. (2006) Criminal and Social Justice. London: Sage. [Cook analyses the relationship between penal policy and social policy in Britain under New Labour Governments, with reference to social exclusion, citizenship and human rights, and considers ways of reconciling criminal and social justice.]

• Easton, S. (2008) 'Dangerous Waters: Taking Account of Impact in Sentencing' Crim LR 2, 105-20.

• Loucks, N. (2007) No One Knows: the prevalence and associated needs of offenders with learning difficulties and learning disabilities. London, PRT.

• Wacquant, L. (2007) Urban Outcasts: A Comparative Study of Advanced Marginality. Cambridge, Polity Press.