The Independent Sentencing Review’s reforms are in the right direction

The Government’s new Independent Sentencing Review aims to reform the way the justice system punishes offenders by moving away from high sentences and towards punishment in the community. Lewis Ross argues that such reforms are in the right direction and in line with academic evidence about the inefficacy of high sentences in reducing crime, but argues that the Government should be cautious around public messaging and distance itself from odd suggestions such as “chemical castration”.