The coalition years.

Flynn, Nick

A report on The Coalition Years has been produced by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. The report seeks to explain criminal justice developments across the United Kingdom over the five years between 2010 and 2015 and considers the challenges facing an incoming United Kingdom government after the May 2015 General Election. All three United Kingdom criminal justice jurisdictions are covered: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Coalition Years focuses on three areas of criminal justice reform: policing, punishment and legal aid. It seeks to articulate the political nature of criminal justice reform, shaped as it is by a complex array of economic, cultural, historical and ideological influences. The report supplements the four UK Justice Policy Review reports published over the previous five years.

A copy of the full report can be found at:

http://www.crimeandiustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandiustice.org.uk/files/ThecoalitionvearsF ullreportMarch2015.pdf

Edited by Dr Nick Flynn and Ross Little, De Montfort University