Yesterday I appeared on the Radio 4 Sunday Programme. The programme is available online on the BBC iplayer at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnbd until 2 January. It begins … Continue reading “Philip Booth discusses inequality on Radio 4”

The news that the Metropolitan Police is to order officers to stop walking the beat in pairs and to go … Continue reading “Solo patrols: a huge step forward for the Metropolitan Police”

Imagine it is 2010. The Conservatives have won the election and Dominic Grieve is the new Home Secretary. What can … Continue reading “How a new Conservative Home Secretary can tackle crime”

Subscribe to Economic Affairs This issues of Economic Affairs investigates why, despite increased levels of spending and the recruitment of … Continue reading “Policing a Liberal Society (Volume 27.4)”

Subscribe to Economic Affairs The main articles examine the problem of financial crime throughout the world. It is argued that … Continue reading “Issues in Fighting Financial Crime (Volume 27.1)”

There seem to be ‘wars on drugs’ everywhere but little sign that they are being won. Richard Stevenson of Liverpool … Continue reading “Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not?”