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{"title":"Gender, Desistance and Women as Affected Others: A Case Study Exploration of the Pains of Desistance Emotional Work","authors":"Lauren Hall,&nbsp;Lyndsey Harris,&nbsp;Karla Morris","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70040","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Desistance research promotes intimate relationships without recognising the gendered expectations of support. Desistance Emotional Work (DEW) is a novel framework that helps to address this oversight by identifying the impacts on women of supporting a partner to desist. This co-authored case study expands DEW by incorporating a pains of desistance lens to this theoretical framework, exploring a woman's experience of supporting her partner's desistance and identifying respective pains of desistance for women as affected others. Recommendations emphasise the need for holistic, trauma-informed and gender-sensitive support for women aiding desisters, to enhance their agency and reduce desistance-lapse risks.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"348-358"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From the Editors: Academic Writing in an Age of Urgency","authors":"Louise Brangan,&nbsp;Marion Vannier","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70036","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;The only thing more nerve-wracking than becoming the new editors of a journal is to become new editors of a journal that enjoys both good health and reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Howard Journal&lt;/i&gt; was first published in 1921, and it has been in regular publication since 1951. This journal proudly bears the name of John Howard, a pioneer of penal reform who was interested in the prison systems across the United Kingdom but also further afield. While retaining that inherited commitment to justice, curiosity and an international outlook, under Ian Loader's stewardship, this journal was relaunched in 2016 as &lt;i&gt;The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice&lt;/i&gt;—intentionally signalling ‘its broader remit and ambition’. Without question, Ian transformed this journal into a serious scholarly periodical for researchers, academics and practitioners interested in reading and contributing to the considered analysis of harm, security and justice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We know that we will have succeeded if &lt;i&gt;The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice&lt;/i&gt; remains just that. However, it was more than the custodian's instinct that enticed us when we saw the call for new editors last year. The role appealed to us because we believe that the topics criminology attends to—crime and justice, social order and control, prisons and prevention, inequality and exclusion—are among the most urgent and vexed matters of social and political life today. When properly supported, the best academic writing1 creates space for careful argument, evidence and theoretical reflection; it can clarify complexity and suggest new ways of thinking about those problems that seem evermore entrenched and intractable. In addition, in our turbulent times, perhaps we need that kind of writing about injustice now more than ever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In political communication, ‘the message’, that quotable, takeaway line, has always been paramount. Therefore, there is no novelty in the political commitment to minimalism and reduction. However, with today's populist surge and technological revolution, we are arguably experiencing a cultural slide away from the written towards the visual. The richness of an extended argument is losing favour to the ingratiating video, the whizz-bang style of TikTok and the bitesized, bullet-pointed nuggets of ChatGPT.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We see this conversion in our students' changing relationship with reading lists and study materials. It is not simply that there has been a degeneration of students' attention and willingness to read (the common lament), however. That seems to us to be symptomatic of a broader capitulation to the idea that knowledge should be presented and consumed in simplified modes, visual and immediate, which do not bore and certainly do not challenge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is undoubtedly something appealingly democratic in this shift: everyone can, and is encouraged to, express themselves in the spectacle of everyday life (or in our current context, the content economy). However, as Walter Benjami","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"247-249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hojo.70036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Co-Creating a Blueprint for Correctional System and Intergenerational Change: Better Addressing the Needs of Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children","authors":"Susan Dennison,&nbsp;Tara Renae McGee,&nbsp;Janet Ransley,&nbsp;Corrie Williams,&nbsp;Diksha Sapkota,&nbsp;Carleen Thompson,&nbsp;Krystal Lockwood,&nbsp;Brian Jenkins","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70039","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Most incarcerated women have histories of trauma, victimisation, poor mental health, and disadvantage, and most also have mothering roles. Their support needs differ markedly from those of incarcerated men, yet most correctional settings are designed for men. This paper sets out how we co-created a new model of service combining a systems change focus (Transforming Corrections) with holistic, individualised support for incarcerated mothers and their children (Transforming Lives). The process drew on Ghate's approach to implementing services that meet the specific needs of families and the Design Council's Systemic Design Framework to developing social services. Input by imprisoned mothers and service stakeholders was central throughout. This paper contributes to the limited research on co-creation within correctional settings and sets out a comprehensive transformational service delivery model for imprisoned mothers and their children that aims to break intergenerational disadvantage and support improved life outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"334-347"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hojo.70039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Restorative Journeys: Youth Offending Trajectories and Victim Recovery Following Restorative Justice Conferencing","authors":"Masahiro Suzuki","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70038","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Restorative justice (RJ) is associated with offenders’ movement away from crime and victim recovery. However, little is known about the circumstances under which RJ can simultaneously achieve the dual objectives. Using secondary data from the South Australian Juvenile Justice study, this research examines how RJ conferencing shapes short-term youth offending trajectories and victim recovery through relational analysis. Drawing on 60 case observations as well as 60 paired interviews and 60 paired follow-up interviews, totalling 240 interviews, the study demonstrates that outcomes are shaped less by offence characteristics than by relational alignment, emotional readiness, and meaning-making during RJ conferencing. While some encounters support both short-term non-offending and victim recovery, others produce asymmetrical benefits or fail to generate meaningful change. The study highlights the value of paired relational analysis and cautions against treating RJ as a uniform or universally effective intervention in youth justice.</p>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"321-333"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hojo.70038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Over-Efficiency in the Lower Criminal Courts: Understanding a Key Problem and How to Fix It","authors":"Mark Yin","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"359-360"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148903745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Political Calculus of Capital Punishment in Mandatory Palestine","authors":"Moheb Zidan","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70037","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This article examines capital punishment in civil court cases in Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948), focusing on the British High Commissioner's role in confirming or commuting death sentences. Drawing on a newly constructed dataset from archival records and newspaper reports, it provides the first systematic analysis of executive clemency in non-political capital cases during the Mandate. Although death sentences were formally mandatory upon conviction, their implementation depended on executive confirmation, making clemency a central arena of discretionary political decision-making. I show that outcomes varied systematically by motive. Crimes perceived as threatening state authority were more likely to result in execution, whereas killings embedded in ‘family honour’ or blood-feud contexts were often commuted. Rather than reflecting humanitarian restraint, these patterns reveal a political calculus in which officials assessed the social and political costs of execution. Capital punishment thus functioned as a flexible instrument of colonial governance rather than as a fixed legal sanction.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"309-320"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148903815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transgender and Non-Binary Prisoners’ Experiences in England and Wales","authors":"Leigh Downes","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"364-365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Long Shadow of ‘Populist Punitiveness’—Why Public Opinion May Not Preclude Increasing the Age of Criminal Responsibility in England and Wales","authors":"Harriet Pierpoint,&nbsp;Kathy Hampson","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article provides one of the first broad reviews of global research on public opinion regarding the age of criminal responsibility (ACR) alongside findings from a small-scale exploratory survey of adults in England and Wales. Reviewed studies show strong support for raising the ACR across regions like Scotland, Australia, Hong Kong and Czechia. Our survey evidence potentially also offers law/policymakers in England and Wales reassurance to engage with public opinion more fully. Countries that have successfully increased their ACR, like Scotland, have utilised public consultations, providing governments with a roadmap to implement change without significant backlash. While acknowledging limitations in existing survey-based research, this article advocates for a mixed-methods approach to public opinion research to enhance understanding and inform future policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"284-296"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hojo.70028","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"We Need to Talk About Court Custody","authors":"Tom Kemp,&nbsp;Philippa Tomczak","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Court custody is an overlooked but significant site of incarceration that holds tens of thousands of individuals each year in England and Wales. Providing one of the first scholarly investigations of court custody, we find that insurmountable bureaucratic barriers make it impossible to conduct interview-based empirical research within court custody in England and Wales. We motivate a critical discussion about the gatekeeping role that state processes play in determining criminal justice research topics. We present a thematic analysis of 16 interviews and 26 reports by regulators. We identify three inter-related groups of problematic experiences in court custody—poor cell conditions, the pains of waiting and the pains of judgement—that begin to characterise the dynamics of court custody. We argue that court custody is a distinct form of imprisonment and critical site of criminal justice transitions that significantly impacts other sites of incarceration and has escaped scholarly attention for too long.</p>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"297-308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hojo.70032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148904038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Courting Confidence in Probation: Unpacking Organisational Legitimacy Within the Criminal Justice System","authors":"Gwen Robinson,&nbsp;Matthew Millings,&nbsp;Harry Annison,&nbsp;Lawrence Burke,&nbsp;Nicola Carr","doi":"10.1111/hojo.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this article, we address the hitherto neglected question of how sentencers and other professional actors in the criminal courts think about the legitimacy of probation services. We deploy a framework from the organisational studies literature, which suggests three dimensions of legitimacy that organisations seek from their stakeholders: pragmatic, moral and cognitive. Drawing on empirical research conducted in England and Wales, we find a mixed picture, with the Probation Service experiencing a crisis of pragmatic legitimacy in the eyes of court actors but performing more strongly in respect of cognitive and moral legitimacy. We argue that the analysis presented in this article not only helps us to understand the opportunities and challenges for the probation service in building legitimacy vis-a-vis the courts but that it also serves as a case study that could inform future research on (inter-)organisational legitimacy in the criminal justice field.</p>","PeriodicalId":37514,"journal":{"name":"Howard Journal of Crime and Justice","volume":"65 3","pages":"273-283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/hojo.70033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148903728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}