The US has guns, we have knives. Knife crime is often at the centre of our dialogue around crime, public safety, and urban youth culture. But is it on the rise?

In this episode hosts Rob and Penelope are joined by Jon Yates, chief executive of the Youth Endowment Fund, and Craig Pinkney, criminologoist and urban youth specialist. They discuss the loaded dialogue around knife crime, why people carry knives, and what could be done to reduce these crimes.

Jon Yates @YouthEndowFund

Read the latest report from the Youth Endowment Fund: https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/beyond-the-headlines-2024/

Craig Pinkney @RealActionUK

Watch Craig’s TED talk on the roots of youth violence here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uWNTMmktoCQ

Transform Justice

Website: ⁠www.transformjustice.org.uk⁠

Twitter: @TransformJust1

Email: ⁠⁠policy@transformjustice.org.uk⁠⁠

The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons.

With a general election just around the corner, all eyes are on the parties’ plans for a new government. In this special election episode, our hosts Penelope and Rob are joined by Rick Muir, Director of the Police Foundation to discuss the parties’ plans for justice.

Will more police, more prisons, and harsher punishments fix a justice system on its knees? And will a new government listen to the evidence around what works to reduce crime and prevent reoffending?

This episode was recorded on 6 June 2024, before any manifestos were published.

Rick Muir @rickmuir1

Find our more about Rick’s work at the UK’s policing think tank here: https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/

Further Resources
Lib Dem manifesto: https://www.libdems.org.uk/manifesto

Transform Justice
Website: www.transformjustice.org.uk
Twitter: @TransformJust1
Email: ⁠policy@transformjustice.org.uk⁠

The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons.

Last year, 82 volunteers armed with booklets, pens and a desire to see justice in action took to London's magistrates' courts and observed over 1000 hearings. They diligently recorded what they saw and heard, and provided Transform Justice with a wealth of insights into the often unseen goings-on of the magistrates' courts.

In this episode, hosts Rob and Penelope are joined by passionate volunteer courtwatcher Premila Trivedi and senior lecturer and criminal justice researcher Becky Clarke of Manchester Metropolitan University. Together, they draw on the project findings as well as their own personal experiences to explore some critical questions: what challenges do court observers and defendants face in the magistrates' courts? How efficient and accessible are the courts, and are judgements fair and consistent?

Premila Trivedi

Premila is one of 82 volunteers who attended magistrates' courts around London from July to December 2023 contributed data to the CourtWatch London reports.

Becky Clarke @beckyjoyC

Learn more about Becky's work here:

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/research/groups/the-justice-project-sites-of-resistance

Further Resources

Read and download all three CourtWatch London reports here:

https://www.transformjustice.org.uk/focus-areas/courtwatch-london/

Sign up to the CourtWatch mailing list to be informed if volunteer applications open again:

https://transformjustice.eo.page/courtwatchlondon

Transform Justice

Website: www.transformjustice.org.uk

Twitter: @TransformJust1

Email: policy@transformjustice.org.uk

The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons.