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Trust in Justice and the European Social Survey
On January 23rd 2012 Mike Hough and colleagues at LSE and
the University of Oxford released their first report on the
'trust in justice' module in the Fifth European Social Survey.
The report, published by the ESS Central Coordinating tram at
City University, sets out 'topline findings' from the survey for 20
European countries. People in the UK trust their police and the
courts slightly more than average. The Nordic Countries, Germany
and Switzerland tend to do better, but Eastern European countries
and Israel generally score worse. Fair and respectful treatment by
the police and the courts is an important predictor of public trust
and perceived legitimacy.
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Community Justice and the 'Big Society'
This study, funded by the Esmée Fairbairn
Foundation, is exploring the scope for, and potential
benefits of, community involvement in the delivery of criminal
justice in England and Wales. It will focus, in particular, on
deprived neighbourhoods where the need for effective community
engagement is greatest. What we hope to achieve is to find some
practical ways of transforming the rhetoric of community engagement
into reality in poor communities.
Euro-Justis
ICPR was the coordinator of Euro-Justis, a large-scale 40-month
EU project funded under Framework Programme 7, which has just
finished. The project developed a suite of survey measures to
measure public trust in justice and public perceptions of the
legitimacy of justice. It has led to a module on trust in justice
in the 2010 European Social Survey, and analysis on this will start
in the Autumn. The Euro-Justis final report can be found
at www.eurojustis.eu. ICPR is a member of a
consortium that is currently negotiating a follow-on FP 7 project
with the European Commission.
New publications
Hunter,
G. and Kirby,
A. (2012)
Evaluation summary: Working one to one with young
offenders
London: Prince's Trust.
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more.
Jackson, J., Hough, M., Bradford, B., Pooler,
T., Hohl, K. and Kuha, J. (2011)
Trust in Justice: Topline Results from Round 5 of the
European Social Survey
London: City University.
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ICPR (2011)
Evaluation of the Leicestershire and Rutland Probation
Trust Health Trainer Service
London: ICPR.
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Hough,
M. and Sato,
M. (2011)
Trust in justice: why it is important
for criminal policy, and how it can be measured: Final report of
the Euro-Justic project
Helsinki: HEUNI.
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Jacobson, J. and Hough, M.
(2011)
'Personal mitigation: an empirical analysis in England
and Wales', in (ed. Roberts, J. V.) Mitigation and
Aggravation at Sentencing.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Radcliffe,
P. (2011)
'Substance-misusing women: Stigma in the maternity
setting', British Journal of Midwifery, 19 (8)
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more
Kirby, A., McSweeney, T.,
Turnbull, P.
and Bhardwa, B. (2011)
Engaging substance misusing offenders: A rapid review of
the substance misuse treatment literature.
London: ICPR.
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Hough,
M. (2011)
'Criminology and the role of experimental research' in
eds (C. Hoyle and M. Bosworth) What is Criminology?
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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more
Jacobson, J., Kirby, A. and Hough, M.
(2011)
Public attitudes to the sentencing of drug
offences.
London: Sentencing Council.
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more
McSweeney,
T. and Bhardwa, B. (2011)
The impact and delivery of alcohol treatment
requirements in the Leicestershire and Rutland Probation Trust
area.
London: ICPR.
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more
McSweeney,
T., Turnbull,
P.J. and Bowling, B. (2011)
Fight or flight? Absconders, fugitives and European law
enforcement responses.
London: ICPR.
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McSweeney,
T. and Turnbull, P.J. (2011)
'Enforcement Strategies of Drug Control', in M. Kleiman,
J. Hawdon and J. G. Golson (eds.), Encyclopedia of Drug
Policy.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
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Roberts, J. V. and Hough, M. (2011)
'Custody or Community? Exploring the Boundaries of
Public Punitiveness in England and Wales', Criminology and Criminal
Justice. 11, 2., pps 181-197.
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more