“Detailed maps providing a monthly snapshot of crime and antisocial behaviour on every street across England and Wales are published for the first time today.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Making criminal justice statistics more transparent and user friendly is the aim of a consultation launched today (17 November).”
Ministry of Justice, 17th November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Black people are six times more likely to be arrested than white people for drug offences and 11 times more likely to be imprisoned, according to new research claiming to show the racial bias of the criminal justice system.”
The Guardian, 31st October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of High Court defamation claims has risen to the highest level since the Woolf reforms, figures have shown.”
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Law Society’s Gazette, 11th October 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The number of court appearances by FTSE 100 companies has jumped by 16% over the last year, according to new research.”
Legal Week, 4th October 2010
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Less than 4% of people arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 were convicted of terrorism-related offences in 2009, new research has found.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Just one person in eight arrested under anti-terror laws is eventually found guilty and the proportion was even lower last year, new research has disclosed.”
The Independent, 13th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Figures released today by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) show that in 2009, 71% of the 108 sentences referred by the Law Officers and considered by the Court of Appeal were deemed unduly lenient and 66% of offenders – 71 – had their sentences increased.”
Attorney General’s Office, 27th July 2010
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“Thousands of former military personnel are being arrested in Britain each month, many for violent crimes, new figures obtained by the Guardian suggest.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People convicted of knife-carrying offences are now less likely to go to jail, Ministry of Justice figures show.”
BBC News, 10th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Almost half of all sex offences are committed against children, despite them making up just 21% of the population, the BBC has learned.”
BBC News, 7th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Almost one in four Freedom of Information requests are being turned down by Government departments and public bodies, and the trend is getting worse.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“As science writer Simon Singh wins his libel case, we look at how the numbers of proceedings have changed.”
The Guardian, 15th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of murders committed by people with mental health problems could be double what official figures show, according to research.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Record numbers of women are being arrested for violent crimes, it was revealed today (28 January).”
The Independent, 28th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Only 33,000 of the 4.9m crimes the police recorded last year were solved as a result of a match on the national DNA database, police admitted today.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Prosecutions linked to CCTV have fallen in parts of Britain, raising questions about the true impact of the security cameras.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has announced today that there were 60 apparently self-inflicted deaths among prisoners in England and Wales in 2009.”
Ministry of Justice, 1st January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
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