This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at developing a more ambitious response to serious and organised crime. SOC is one of the most significant contemporary threats to life, the security of property, and the peace and cohesiveness of communities across the country and the long-term prosperity of the UK. However,...

This report from UK think tank the Coalition for Global Prosperity analyses the UK's Modern Slavery Act 2015 a decade after its implementation. This report from the Coalition for Global Prosperity analyses the UK's Modern Slavery Act 2015 a decade after its implementation. While initially a landmark piece of legislation, the report argues that its...

This report from UK think tank RUSI provides an analysis of vehicle theft in the UK, including trends, responses and challenges. In the 20 years before 2013, the number of vehicle thefts in the UK declined. This trend has since reversed. Data from the UK Home Office indicates that incidences of vehicle theft have risen...

This report from UK think tank Civitas examines whether a ‘tiered’ approach goes to the heart of policing and the wider criminal justice system. In the wake of the civil disturbances following the Southport tragedy, any mention of the phrase ‘two-tier policing’ has been dismissed. This report questions why progressive political leaders refer to it...

This report from UK think tank RUSI presents practical considerations arising from RUSI's three-year project 'Organised Crime, Terror and Insecurity in Africa'. The report presents practical considerations arising from RUSI's three-year project 'Organised Crime, Terror and Insecurity in Africa', which explores local perceptions and experiences of key security threats. The link between crime and terrorism...

This report from UK think tank RUSI offers policy implications for addressing the underassessed financial dynamics of insecurity in the two countries. This Policy Brief is based on research on Mozambique and Nigeria carried out between February 2022 and February 2024. The research relied on in-country interviews, a targeted review of existing literature and validation...

This report from UK think tank RUSI provides a comprehensive analysis of Mozambique's complex and layered security landscape. Mozambique faces an array of security challenges, from resilient illicit economies to an enduring kidnapping problem and a long running insurgency in the north. Many security challenges play out at community level, yet local perceptions and experiences...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society offers urgent policy recommendations to combat disinformation and restore academic integrity. A new Henry Jackson Society report by Dr Helena Ivanov uncovers how antisemitic disinformation is fuelling hostility against Jewish students across UK universities – and how institutions are failing to respond. In the wake...

This report from UK think tank RUSI examines new ways to frame responsible cyber behaviour beyond the UN. Responsible cyber behaviour (RCB) refers to the collective expectations of state and non-state actors about how they should behave in cyberspace. ‘Behaviour’ in this context comprises the values, norms, policies, practices and technologies that are meant to...

This report from UK think tank Centre for Social Justice makes the case for a different and better kind of custodial sentence. Through the course of this paper, the case will be made for the introduction of a new custodial sentence for the criminal courts, the Intensive Control and Rehabilitation Order (ICRO). This new sentence...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation looks at why the 2025 Spending Review must reckon with the distribution of public service use. Post-Covid, the British state is estimated to have reached a historic high of 45 per cent of the size of the economy. Past strategies to cope with increasing pressure on...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at what is driving the differing performance of prisons around the country. More work and education and increasing access to open prisons could turn around over a decade of strikingly poor prison performance in England and Wales. This report, the first in a new...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute discusses how to implement more effective sanctions. The report by the Adam Smith Institute, Sanctions Solutions, argues that the United Kingdom’s post-Brexit sanctions regime has become a convoluted and inefficient bureaucratic machine that stifles British commerce while failing to meet its strategic objectives. Since the...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation examines expanding community sentencing to reduce reoffending. The UK’s prison system is under mounting pressure, sparking political debate about the role of non-custodial sentences in reducing reoffending. Drawing on evidence from international practices, this briefing explores the potential of community sentencing to reduce recidivism rates,...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at how to address illegal drug addiction and strengthen law enforcement’s role. The UK is facing a drug addiction crisis of unprecedented proportions, with drug poisoning deaths reaching a record 5,448 in 2023, marking an 84 per cent increase over the past decade....