_Gary Fraser argues that the left needs to move beyond abstract analyses of the causes of crime and develop a critique of actual criminal policy, with a view to developing alternatives. This is the more important because crime is, of course, overwhelmingly a working class issue.

New Labour needs to flesh out Tony Blair’s soundbite on being ‘tough on the causes of crime’, rather than building more prisons. The Morning Star reports.

Teenage crime cannot be solved by alienating teenagers, argues Mahta Hassanzadeh.

Calls for increased stop-and-searches of young black people are inconsistent and fail to take note of a wider context of deprivation, writes Chuka Umunna