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JCL 73 (2009) 153

The relevance of harm as the criterion for the punishment of impossible attempts
Sarah A. Christie

There has been much debate about the relevance of punishment in cases of impossible attempts. This article sets out the current position in Anglo-American jurisdictions and considers the rationale behind punishment in hypothetical impossible attempt cases in order to draw out the key issues at the heart of responsibility. The cases of the inadequately prepared attempt and the attempt which is doomed to failure are compared to illustrate the relevance of the potential to cause harm in the justification for punishing such actors. The article concludes with the suggestion that the relevant criterion is the presence of the potential to cause imminent harm, as opposed to future, speculative harm.

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JCL 73 (2009) 165

Race issues and stop and search: looking behind the statistics
Kiron Reid

This article considers the ongoing controversy over police powers to stop and search. It particularly looks at the evidence of racial disparity in use of these powers from the official statistics. The article considers attempts to improve use of stop and search by the police, including extra safeguards introduced after the Macpherson Report and the reduction of recording requirements after the Flanagan Report. It considers the argued fall in police use of stop and search after Macpherson and increase in use of general and anti-terrorist stop and search powers after 9/11 and 7/7. Police arguments to justify differential use between ethnic groups are considered. While concentrating on the developments since the late 1990s, the continuing nature of the debate about police use of powers in the last few decades is highlighted. The article considers the great concern about knife crime in recent years and government and police policies to deal with this. The analysis focuses on the potential impact on young people.

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