Crime & Punishment
September 14, 2012 Sunday Courts: A Kenneth Clarke proposal that Chris Grayling would do well to shelve Jan Davies
February 03, 2012 The Guardian is at last endorsing the necessity, inevitability and wisdom of prejudice and discrimination - Theodore Dalrymple celebrates this conversion to common sense Theodore Dalrymple
November 03, 2011 Theodore Dalrymple argues, why can The Guardian not see that murder is murder and that the nature of the victim does not make the crime any better or any worse? Theodore Dalrymple
September 09, 2011 Britain is a very corrupt country: much more corrupt than France - says Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple
August 18, 2011 Theodore Dalrymple on what Chekhov can teach us about the London riots Theodore Dalrymple
August 15, 2011 The looters who were looking for freebies were in search of the freedom of the city - the trouble is, they equate freedom with stolen goods: Lilian Pizzichini offers a personal perspective on the riots Lilian Pizzichini
May 20, 2011 Theodore Dalrymple on Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Super Injunctions: Theodore Darymple explains why he would rather have the French press than the British - cover-ups are preferable to vulgarity Theodore Dalrymple
December 07, 2010 On a sojourn to the West Country, Theodore Dalrymple finally discovers the futility of imprisonment - and learns what a great Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke is Theodore Dalrymple
November 30, 2010 Murder in Yeovil: Theodore Dalrymple explains why the correct use of language is the key to restoring health to our polity Theodore Dalrymple
November 19, 2010 "The ear-biting incident was not without interest": Theodore Dalrymple discovers that Yeovil is a hotbed of crime and disorder - just like any other English town Theodore Dalrymple
October 18, 2010 Don't limit access to solicitors for those in custody - it won't save money, argues Jan Davies Jan Davies
July 22, 2010 Prison works - or rather it works better than the alternatives, argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple
February 08, 2010 So Why Did We Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child? Lincoln Allison fondly remembers being caned Lincoln Allison
February 03, 2010 Theodore Dalrymple gets a parking ticket - and ponders how a state can remain adept at revenue extraction when it is so incompetent at everything else Theodore Dalrymple
November 03, 2009 Being offensive should not be a cause for complaint to the police - or we risk becoming a police state, argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple
August 06, 2009 Government ministers should be under twenty-four hour video surveillance - argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple
July 01, 2009 In Praise of Prejudice: Theodore Dalrymple on where a society without prejudice will get us Theodore Dalrymple
May 11, 2009 Not enough self-respect: Theodore Dalrymple on what is wrong with our MPs Theodore Dalrymple
April 22, 2009 It is not just rapists who are let off too lightly by the courts, argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple
June 10, 2008 Criminalizing Prostitutes' Customers: Christie Davies considers that the pressure to prosecute the customers of prostitutes is yet another stupid suggestion - yet the ideological thinking on which it is based has been central to many other policies Christie Davies
May 01, 2008 The Demise of Criminal Legal Aid: Jan Davies explains how a suspect's right to legal representation is being curtailed - and why the public has taken no notice Jan Davies
April 29, 2008 Why do quite a lot of prisoners prefer life inside to life "on the out"? Former prison doctor Theodore Dalrymple suspects it is because our society is producing fewer independent and responsible adults Theodore Dalrymple
April 18, 2008 Theodore Dalrymple on Terence Rattigan, Suicide and Prison - or how incontinent compassion has become a Keynesian stimulus to the economy of the caring profession Theodore Dalrymple
April 01, 2008 Theodore Dalrymple says that Lord Woolf is wrong: we are not imprisoning the wrong people - just too few of the right people Theodore Dalrymple
December 05, 2007 CDS Direct - call centre advice for suspects in custody: Jan Davies - author of The Criminal Advocate's Survival Guide - explains how a little noticed reform of the legal aid system will undermine a suspects' right to legal representation Jan Davies
November 29, 2007 Death Threats against a Newham Councillor who opposes the proposed Mega-Mosque in East London: Anthony McRoy - author of From Rushdie to 7/7 - asks, why have the police done nothing? Anthony McRoy
November 14, 2007 Mr Cameron and the Rapists: Christie Davies despairs that Mr Cameron has once again made a fool of himself by taking up yet another fashionable left wing cause- getting more prosecutions in rape cases Christie Davies
November 12, 2007 The Finnish Killings: Don't blame guns - Blame liberalism, argues Christie Davies Christie Davies
August 01, 2007 Christie Davies is dismayed to find that the predictions about social breakdown he made after the looting of a ship in Devon in January have been confirmed only a few months later by the looting and vandalism that followed severe flooding in Britain Christie Davies
February 01, 2007 We will fight them on the beaches: Christie Davies explains why the police should have immediately and vigorously protected the cargo of the container ship Napoli that went ashore in Devon Christie Davies
January 30, 2007 Ungovernable in Devon: looting on Devon beaches bodes ill for civic peace, argues Jeremy Black Jeremy Black
January 03, 2007 Saddam Hussein's execution and EU Commissioner Louis Michel: Theodore Dalrymple on how M. Michel has shown himself to be uniquely qualified to be a ruler in today's Europe Theodore Dalrymple
December 14, 2006 Addiction and the Ipswich Murders: Theodore Dalrymple argues that the five murdered women were driven on to the streets not by addiction itself, but by myths about addiction Theodore Dalrymple
December 11, 2006 Victim impact statements represent the sentimentalisation - the Diana-ification - of the criminal justice system, argues Theodore Dalrymple Theodore Dalrymple
November 16, 2006 Executing Saddam: Christie Davies - an opponent of capital punishment - argues it is imperative that Saddam Hussein's death sentence be carried out - and soon Christie Davies
October 13, 2006 If the Police have to consult "community representatives" before launching anti-terror raids the public will be at greater risk from terror attacks - argues Jon Davies Jon Davies
October 12, 2006 Tokyo and Heathrow: profiling, its problems, and why it's still the right approach A S H Smyth
August 11, 2006 The Murder of Toni-Ann Byfield: if future such cases are to be prevented the practice of bringing young children into the UK to be educated / exploited in a welfare-rich country must be challenged, argues Lilian Pizzichini Lilian Pizzichini
April 13, 2006 Incivility on the tennis court: Theodore Dalrymple finds parallels between the lenient treatment of Andrew Murray for his swearing outburst and the lenient treatment of offenders by the criminal justice system Theodore Dalrymple
April 04, 2006 Doctors and Nurses in the NHS are facing unprecedented levels of violence from their patients - Unrealistic promises by politicians are to blame, argues NHS doctor Fred Hansen
February 27, 2006 Sometime expert witness Theodore Dalrymple explains the problem with expert testimony: mavericks and the upholders of orthodoxy are treated as equals Theodore Dalrymple
February 21, 2006 Theodore Dalrymple asks, can you guess which newspaper recently called for "swift, severe and exemplary" punishment for offenders? Theodore Dalrymple
December 08, 2005 Time for the police to be armed and for home owners to have the right to protect themselves - argues Joyce Lee Malcolm, author of Guns and Violence: The English Experience Joyce Lee Malcolm
February 18, 2005 The People vs. Super-nanny: The Options for Hunters and Householders Joyce Lee Malcolm
January 12, 2005 Why parliament will not restore the householders' right to self-defence Joyce Lee Malcolm
December 07, 2004 Mental health and British prisoners: The Guardian has identified the wrong scandal Anthony Daniels
November 19, 2004 Bashing Burglars: Why the English common law right of self-defence should be restored Joyce Lee Malcolm
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