UK Justice Policy Review: a new resource about criminal justice in the UK

Abstract

Last month the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies published the first volume in a new annual series about criminal justice. The UK Justice Policy Review series – as the title suggests – explores key developments in criminal justice policy in the UK. The series begins with the formation of the coalition government in May 2010. Hence this first volume's focus is on setting out the agenda for criminal justice that took shape in the first year of the coalition. By the end of this first year the following emerged as major areas of proposed criminal justice reform: • Reconfiguring police governance and accountability • Reforming the courts system and legal aid provision • Establishing new financial and delivery arrangements for interventions with convicted lawbreakers