“Magistrates and crown court judges could be asked to dock benefits from convicted criminals under preliminary proposals being drawn up by the government in response to the riots, the Guardian can reveal.”
The Guardian, 7th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An 11-year-old has been given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order for stealing a bin during the recent riots.”
BBC News, 31st August 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A primary school teacher who downloaded thousands of images of child sex abuse today escaped jail after telling a court it was a source of ‘comfort’ after being abused himself.”
The Independent, 23rd August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Our prisons are already bursting at the seams. More constructive would be restorative justice, writes Erwin James.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Tracie Andrews, who killed her fiancé in one of Britain’s most notorious murders, will walk free from prison this week as unrepentant as the day she was jailed.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The founder of the English Defence League has been convicted of leading a street brawl with 100 football fans.”
The Guardian, 25th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prison officers warn of insufficient staff numbers to oversee justice secretary’s proposals for improving inmate rehabilitation.”
The Guardian, 12th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government has launched a report outlining plans to break the cycle of reoffending by giving offenders better access to skills that employers demand.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Intelligent sentences which target the root causes of crime are the right way to tackle reoffending Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said today following the publication of the 2011 Reoffending Compendium.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Offenders given community penalties have significantly lower reoffending rates than similar offenders who have served short prison sentences, according to Ministry of Justice research.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal degrees are proving popular with prisoners and ex-convicts – but can they ever become solicitors?”
The Guardian, 25th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Bamber and two other killers are to ask the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whole-life sentences.”
BBC News, 26th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A criminologist reflects on lessons to learn from the way in which governments, New Labour in particular, have approached crime.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Spending cuts could mean prisoners are not properly rehabilitated and fuel further overcrowding, a network of watchdog bodies warns today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Crispin Blunt said criminal justice reforms such as payment by results for offender management, are vital to breaking the destructive cycle of crime and better protecting the public.”
Ministry of Justice, 25th January. 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A radical reform of the criminal justice system to punish criminals more effectively and reduce reoffending was announced today by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has welcomed the publication of the Government’s ‘sensible and rational’ Green Paper entitled Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders, but has warned that the Government must look at the system in the round, and protect against unintended consequences.”
The Bar Council, 8th December 2010
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Thousands of offenders will avoid jail under an overhaul of sentencing powers that will focus on cutting reoffending.”
The Independent, 7th December 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Related link: Sentencing and rehabilitation: government proposals for reform
“The justice secretary, Ken Clarke, will today detail his plans to divert thousands of offenders from prison to bring to an end the Victorian-style ‘bang ’em up’ culture and reduce high reoffending rates.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Minister Crispin Blunt has set out his vision for the youth justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 24th November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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