Offenders: David Faulkner, Senior Research Associate at Oxford University’s Centre for Criminological Research, considers how ideas of citizenship and community might be applied to the treatment of offenders, and in particular to the management of prisons. Youth Justice: Sarah Curtis, a former Youth and Family Court Magistrate, suggests ways of giving youth court magistrates confidence in non-custodial options for young offenders. Society: Mark Levine, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Lancaster, explains how the willingness of bystanders to intervene in violent incidents depends on the nature of their relationships with victims and perpetrators. Prisons: Samantha Sheratt, Project Director of the Howard League’s Real Work Initiative, looks at how prisoners can be given a real work experience in prison.
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