Civitas crime research aims to enhance understanding of factors influencing the occurrence of crime in the British society, the means by which it can best be prevented or countered and the effectiveness of different forms of punishment and rehabilitation.

Briefing: Serious, Violent and Persistent Offenders
- January 2009
The Government has frequently said that prison is for serious, violent and persistent offenders, but a study of the latest official statistics shows that many serious, violent and persistent offenders are not being imprisoned.

Article: Have a go? Not when you could be arrested
- David Green, The Daily Telegraph, Sept 2008
When deciding whether or not to "have a go" against a criminal there is more at stake than just personal courage. Compared with a generation ago, two things have happened: fear has increased and confidence in the police has fallen.

The Public and the Police
- Harriet Sergeant, June 2008
Expenditure on the police force is at record levels but there is widespread public dissatisfaction, while the police complain of being short of resources. They are not intended to be servants of the state, but of the communities they serve. Their powers are personal and derived from the crown, but this essential feature of British policing - policing by consent - is now in jeopardy.

• Crime and Civil Society (full text and factsheet)
  
• Cultures and Crimes
• Simple Justice
  
• The Failure of Britain's Police: London and New York Compared
  
• Institutional Racism And The Police: Fact Or Fiction? (PDF)
  
• Racist Murder and Pressure Group Politics: The Macpherson Report and the Police
• Zero Tolerance: Policing a Free Society (PDF)

• Have a go? Not when you could be arrested
  (David Green in The Daily Telegraph, September 2008)
• Prison works, so why won't we admit it?
  (David Green in The Times, July 2008)
• Punishment must be not only severe but certain and rapid
  (David Green in The Sunday Times, June 2008)
• Alcohol ban is no answer; proper policing is
  (David Green in the Sunday Telegraph, August 2007)


View further crime articles

• Are Too Many People In Prison? How do we compare with Europe? (2007)
• Crime: Are Public Policies Working? (March 2006) (PDF)
• David Green: Talk at Police Federation Annual Conference May 2006 (2006) (PDF)
• David Green: PowerPoint Slides for Police Federation Annual Conference May 2006 (2006)


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