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On the 14th of June 2017, the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, West London claimed the lives of 72 people, making it one of the UK's worst modern disasters. Scrutiny over the events leading up to the fire and how the emergency response itself was conducted, has left many, not least of all the residents of the tower, feeling like justice hasn’t been served. Steve Tombs is Professor of Criminology at The Open University and has long researched and written about the various ways in which state agencies, public organisations and private businesses generate crime and harm, and how these might be mitigated. Since the fire in June 2017, Steve has participated in several documentaries on Grenfell Tower, and spoken at over thirty public meetings across England, Scotland and Wales.