Archive for the ‘articles’ Category

Punishment won’t get rid of knife crime

Friday, July 25th, 2008

photograph from the Guardian: 'knife crime'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark has an article in the Guardian this week on the UK government’s response to knife crime:

“The government’s response to knife-crime hysteria, the youth crime action plan, is an expensive package of measures, almost exclusively punitive in nature. No surprises there. And let’s not be surprised when it all ends in failure.”

Read the full article.

It’s time the great and good met some real scary kids

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

photograph from the Guardian: 'kid with weapon'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Mark’s article in the Society section of today’s Guardian newspaper, titled “It’s time the great and good met some real scary kids”.

 

How to make prisons better

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Mark Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark was guest editor of the Society section in the Guardian newspaper this week. 

Read his article on how to make prisons better.