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In this article, Steve Tombs considers the differences in the treatment of powerful and less powerful groups by the criminal justice system since the fire at Grenfell Tower. Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at The Open University.

In this post, Hugh McFaul discusses the Open Justice radio project Legal Eagles. Hugh McFaul is Director of the Open Justice Centre and Senior Lecturer in The Open University Law School.

This week's blog comes from Steve Tombs and Zoe Walkington, who discuss the Open University’s role in delivering education to students in prison. Zoe Walkington is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Steve Tombs is a Professor of Criminology, both at The Open University.

In this article, Lee John Curley and James Munro discuss the role of bias in crime scene forensics. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University and James Munro is a Psychology Researcher at Edinburgh Napier University.

Today's post comes from Dr Keir Irwin-Rogers, who discusses the harms of prohibitionist drug policies. Keir Irwin-Rogers is a lecturer in Criminology at The Open University. 

In this blog post, Dr Lee John Curley discusses the widespread fears of AI as involving the loss of ‘our special human capacity of rationality’. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University.  

In today's article, Vickie Cooper argues that ‘Out of Area’ policy practice can be considered a form of banishment. Vickie Cooper is a senior lecturer in Criminology at The Open University.

In this week's blog, Lee John Curley highlights the key differences within the Anglo-American justice model and other international justice models. Lee John Curley is a lecturer in Psychology at The Open University.

Mike Nellis responds to last week's post by Sarah Lamble, and sets out some issues on transgender prisoner policy debates. Mike Nellis is Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Community Justice in The Centre for Law, Crime and Justice at the University of Strathclyde.

In this article, Sarah Lamble sets out some of the issues in policy debates on trans prisoners. Sarah Lamble is a Reader in Criminology & Queer Theory at Birkbeck, University of London.