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22 September 2022

Labour’s new mantra on crime: “punish, prevent, protect”

Steve Reed, the shadow justice secretary, promises a novel approach focused on the “trauma” that leads to offending.

By Rachel Wearmouth

Labour would introduce a “trauma-informed” criminal justice system, with a slate of law-and-order policies in order to “punish, prevent and protect”, if it was elected.

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