What can history teach us about the law enforcement issues and shocking crimes that occupy today’s headlines? Jonathan Freedland finds out.
The origins of the overcrowding crisis in the UK's prisons lay in the late 18th century.
Jonathan Freedland examines the policing of demonstrations.
The parallels between the murder of Rhys Jones in 2007 and another Liverpool child in 1883
Jonathan Freedland takes the long view of the Stephen Lawrence case.