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Crime and fear

Crime and fear explores people's fear of crime, the media's portrayal of crime, and the response from politicians by way of criminal justice policy

12 January 2019

  • Stafford Scott

    The Met’s Gangs Matrix is racist policing in its purest form

    Stafford Scott
    The database fuels the violence it purports to be trying to stop. It needs a complete overhaul

29 January 2016

  • Tareena Shakil court case

    Police interview with Briton Tareena Shakil who joined Islamic State – video

    Tareena Shakil tells police what happened to her when she travelled to Syria via Turkey with her young child to join Isis

23 June 2010

  • Athens, Greece: People stand around mock crime scene silhouettes

    Turning fear of crime to our advantage

    Joanna Bourke

    Joanna Bourke: Crime and fear: Recognising the ways in which fear is being peddled to us can help concentrate our minds on improving society

  • Duncan Campbell

    Press 'gangsters in disguise' spin crime

    Duncan Campbell

    Duncan Campbell: Crime and fear: Court reporting is in decline, yet the media editorialises to give the impression of a country in violent meltdown

  • Nick Clegg

    Will Nick Clegg cherish the probation service?

    Violet Towers

    Violet Towers: Crime and fear: In resorting to swaggering rhetoric about being 'tough on crime', Labour underestimated the public's appetite for rehabilitation

22 June 2010

  • Our fear of crime is turning against us

    Video: Crime and fear: Crime and fear: The Fear Factory explores how the law and order 'arms race' has brought a criminal justice crisis to the UK

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