Desperate for a fix: Getting serious about shop theft and prolific drug-addicted offenders

6th June 2018Rory Geoghegan, Head of Criminal Justice, Centre for Social Justice

More than three quarters of shop theft and burglaries are carried out by drug-addicted offenders - but many existing sanctions like short-term prison sentences have little effect. Rory Geoghegan, Head of Criminal Justice for the Centre for Social Justice, calls for a new two-year 'Second Chance' programme in a new report, Desperate for a Fix.

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Desperate for a fix: Getting serious about shop theft and prolific drug-addicted offenders

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