Revealed: Babies and Muslims lost in a flood of Home Office statistics on Prevent strategy
Prevent Watch Director Layla Aitlhadj draws out the real implications of the latest Home Office statistics in relation to the Prevent strategy – here are three important things t
THE SECOND Prevent Learning Review is leading us down the same dangerous path
In the span of one week, two Prevent Learning Reviews have been published. Here, we turn our attention to the review related to the killing of MP David Amess, to show similar criti
Prevent Learning Review: 5 reasons why its conclusions are misleading
The political framing of the Southport atrocity as a Prevent failure ignores the counter-terrorism mechanisms beyond the Prevent framework.
It’s political: no ‘new definition of extremism’
The current media flurry is misplaced; Gove's definition is simply the political manifestation of a recommendation by Shawcross.
latest prevent statistics direct us to the ‘alternative’
The latest Prevent statistics direct us to an answer that lies in following practices that preserve trust and will allow better access to public services, while restoring them to t
shawcross’ refusal to accept critique is a warning sign
This article deals with the harmful aspects of Prevent to which Shawcross admits when he describes it as “a state-run scheme to counter specific ideas, attitudes, and non-crimina
Higher Education Brief: The Shawcross Report and the Academic Freedom Bill 2023
A brief summary of the main thrust of the Shawcross Report highlighting the recommendations relevant to the further and higher education sectors.
Surviving society: prevent is an ideological ‘stop-and-search’ that is dangerous to justice
In this excerpt from the Surviving Society podcast, we break down why Prevent is the tip of a separate policy architecture that is set outside of long-established principles of evi
Scarman Lecture 2022: How Prevent disguises far-right influence in government
Since 2008, Criminology at Leicester has invited high profile guest speakers to deliver papers on current issues in criminology, criminal justice, policing and community safety.
The Scarman Lecture 2022: How Prevent undermines democracy
Since 2008, Criminology at Leicester has invited high profile guest speakers to deliver papers on current issues in criminology, criminal justice, policing and community safety.