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.
Today's article by Daniel McCulloch explores violence when rough sleeping and it's connection to the politics of austerity.
In this post, Victoria Canning exposes the relationship between asylum and austerity.
In the second part of this two part blog post, Deborah H. Drake and David Scott explore more questions relating to prison abolitionism.
In this article, Phil James, Steve Tombs, David Walters and David Whyte provide possible improvements to health and safety law.
Victoria Cooper and David Whyte explore the death toll and austerity in today's post.
In today's post, Avi Boukli discusses Zemiology's relationship with criminology.
Gemma Briggs explores new law news on phone usage when driving and whether they reflect current scientific knowledge in this article.
As co-Directors of HERC, we’re delighted and privileged to publish this contribution from ‘outside’ the OU. As you read this stunning piece, you will understand why it absolutely belongs here. Vickie Cooper and Steve Tombs.
In this post, Victoria Cooper and Daniel McCulloch discuss the history of criminalising the homeless.
Today's article comes from Christopher Bissell and Avi Boukl, who examine the punishment of distinguished twentieth-century art historian and curator Trevor Thomas for homosexuality.