In echoes of last summer’s riots, the government is again being accused of enabling a “two-tier” justice system in the UK. The current row is over new guidance published by the Sentencing Council, the ...

Influenced by economic, social and environmental factors, criminal behaviour is a complex phenomenon. Academics across disciplines as varied as sociology, geography, mathematics and psychology work to ...

VERDICT Misleading. The Lady Chief Justice, Dame Sue Carr, is the head of the judiciary in England and Wales, not Mahmood, who leads the UK’s justice ministry and is the Lord Chancellor. Patel is the ...