Crime, Justice and COVID-19

by Teela Sanders (Contribution by), Abbie Haines (Contribution by), Rachel Fowler (Contribution by), Patrick Williams (Contribution by), Scarlet Harris (Contribution by)

Overview

This edited collection offers the first system-wide account of the impact of COVID-19 on crime and justice in England and Wales. It provides a critical discussion of the challenges faced by criminal justice agencies (prison, probation, youth justice, courts, police), professionals and service users in adapting to the extraordinary pressures of the pandemic on policy, practice and lived experience.

The text integrates first-hand narrative and artistic accounts from a variety of key stakeholders experiencing the criminal justice system (CJS). The editors recommend a range of evidence-based policy and practice improvements, not only in terms of planning for future pandemics, but also those that will benefit the CJS and its stakeholders in the longer term.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447363156
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	06/27/2023
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christopher Kay is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Loughborough Universityand is a member of the Parliamentary Knowledge Exchange Unit COVID-19 expert database and the International Corrections and Prisons Association COVID-19 Expert Group.

Stephen Case is Professor of Youth Justice at Loughborough University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: COVID-19 and the Criminal Justice System

Chapter 2: Emergence and Maturity in Policing COVID-19 – Peter Kawalek, John Coxhead and Lisa Jackson

Chapter 3: Reimagining the Open Court in the Time of Pandemic: Towards ‘Portal Justice’ and ‘Broadcast Justice’ – Sarah Moore

Chapter 4: COVID-19 and Community Sanctions – Sam Ainslie, Andrew Fowler, Jake Phillips, Chalen Westaby

Chapter 5: COVID-19 in Custody: Responding to Pandemics in Prisons in England and Wales – Christopher Kay

Chapter 6: Youth Justice and COVID-19: Courts, Community and Custody – Kathy Hampson and Stephen Case

Part II: Crime, Justice and COVID-19 – Critical Issues

Chapter 7: Racism, Policing and the Pandemic – Scarlet Harris, Remi Joseph-Salisbury, Patrick Williams, Lisa White

Chapter 8: Crisis Within a Crisis: Sex Workers, Emergency Response and Creative Service Provision – Rachel Fowler, Abbie Haines, Professor Teela Sanders

Chapter 9: COVID-19 and Drug Trends – Mark Monaghan and Ian Hamilton

Chapter 10: Professional Qualification in Probation and COVID-19 – Andrew Fowler, Laura Martin, Aileen Watson and Tom Brown

Part III: The View From the Inside

The View From the Inside

Chapter 11. “The Box Project” – Hmp Parc

Chapter 12. “Write Inside Sessions at Hmp Manchester”

Chapter 13. Conclusion: The Lessons – Recovery and Pandemic Preparedness

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"With analysis across nearly every sector of the justice system, this groundbreaking collection frames the COVID-19 pandemic as not just a public health emergency but also an unprecedented natural experiment in the social scientific study of crime and justice. It should be widely read." Shadd Maruna, Queen's UniversityBelfast

“This timely, hugely valuable book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of criminal justice during the pandemic. By bringing underlying and systemic issues into stark illumination, the volume examines the system as a whole, allowing comparison across its constituent parts.” Neal Hazel, University of Salford

Editorial Reviews

"With analysis across nearly every sector of the justice system, this groundbreaking collection frames the COVID-19 pandemic as not just a public health emergency but also an unprecedented natural experiment in the social scientific study of crime and justice. It should be widely read." Shadd Maruna, Queen's UniversityBelfast

“This timely, hugely valuable book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of criminal justice during the pandemic. By bringing underlying and systemic issues into stark illumination, the volume examines the system as a whole, allowing comparison across its constituent parts.” Neal Hazel, University of Salford

From the Publisher