Rudakubana’s Care

None of us can have watched last year’s unfolding events in Southport without horror and revulsion: just unfathomable, even in the worst nightmares, to think someone could invade a little girls’ dance event in the summer holidays and slaughter three girls whilst attempting to kill and harm as many people as possible. The staff there, […]

An Illusion of Accountability

The sad death of Kevin Clarke in south London is not one I’ve covered too closely on this blog – mainly because processes were ongoing in connection with the events leading to him being declared deceased at Lewisham Hospital in 2018. This death followed a difficult restraint incident after police responded to Mr Clarke in […]

Crime as Crisis

Those who have followed this blog from the beginning will remember various posts or comments about the way medicine and law categorises human behaviours and distress. We often hear the so-called “mad” or “bad” debate which attempts to suggest humans should be considered either mentally ill or criminal where behaviours transgress social norms. Academics have […]