Dr Daniel McCulloch, an Open University lecturer in criminology and social policy, on the complexities of policing homelessness – looking after the welfare of rough sleepers…
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Homelessness in our towns and cities: policing disorder?
‘Enormously damaging’: OU experts on inequality and poverty report
Global inequality is reaching new extremes, according to a new report by Oxfam which states that the richest one per cent of the population have more…
The ‘chain reaction’ triggered by terrorist events
This post has been updated from the original article posted on January 8 2016. In the wake of the explosions in Jakarta and the first anniversary…
Is there a link between youth poverty and crime? The answers may surprise you
Today, for a substantial minority of 16 to 24-year-olds, to be young is to be workless, poorly paid or just plain poor. Young people in this…
London housing protests echo Glasgow rent strikes of 100 years ago
Anger over government housing policy is undoubtedly one of the running themes of the 2010s. Most recently we have seen anti-gentrification protests in east London over…