Crime, Justice and COVID-19
Edited by Christopher Kay and Stephen Case
Published
Apr 9, 2024Page count
280 pagesISBN
978-1447363163Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
May 31, 2023Page count
280 pagesISBN
978-1447363156Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
May 31, 2023Page count
280 pagesISBN
978-1447363170Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
May 31, 2023Page count
280 pagesISBN
978-1447363170Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
Crime, Justice and COVID-19
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.
"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 University Belfast
“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
Christopher Kay is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Loughborough University and 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.
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
