In this series of blogs, HERC takes a multidisciplinary approach to exploring harmful evidence and evidencing harm. We consider the roles of harm and crime, uses and abuses of evidence in criminal justice and criminalisation to de-criminalisation.
** All views in the blogs are the author’s own.
In the first of many posts this year, Catriona Havard explores own race bias as it pertains to identification by eyewitnesses.
In the final article of this year, Steve Tombs examines the many different harms the Grenfell fire caused.
This month's post contains a paper originally given in the House of Commons by David Scott on child prisoners.
In today's article, Deborah H. Drake and David Scott explore the human and economic costs of building prisons.
Steve Tombs provides his response to the consultation by The Chair of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry into its terms of reference.
In this post, Evgenia Iliadou explores the nature of Greek justice through several cases of unfair treatment in the Greek justice system.
In this month's article, Steve Tombs investigates threats to health and safety law.
This post about austerity and the Grenfell Tower fire comes from Joanna Mack.
In austerity Britain, can justice and accountability be served for the victims of the Grenfell fire? Or are our laws already too much shaped to the needs of the business class? Steve Tombs and David Whyte discuss.
In this article, Steve Tombs discusses the repeal of social protections.