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News Archive: 6 December 23, 2004: More Jailed Due to Alcohol Than Drugs: Howard League December 17, 2004: New Drugs Bill December 15, 2004: David Blunkett Resigns, Charles Clarke Takes Over December 15, 2004: Disclosing Bad Character to Juries December 14, 2004: Morris Inquiry on Met Police Reports December 10, 2003: New Offender Management Figures December 8, 2004: Breaking the Cycle of Crime December 6, 2004: Review of 'What Works' December 2, 2004: Foreign National Prisoners Reach Record High December 2, 2004: Home Office Autumn Performance Report Published December 1, 2004: Napo and POA Resign From NOMS Board December 1, 2004: Conditional Cautioning Code Issued December 23, 2004: More Jailed Due to Alcohol Than Drugs: Howard League More young men are in prison because of alcohol than drugs, according to a report just published by the Howard League for Penal Reform. The report, entitled...more December 17, 2004: New Drugs Bill Proposals for new anti-drugs measures were set out today as the Home Office published the new Drugs Bill. At the heart of new legislation are measures aimed at building on existing work to break the link between drug addiction and crime by... more December 15, 2004: David Blunkett Resigns, Charles Clarke Takes Over Charles Clarke is the new Home Secretary. This follows the resignation of David Blunkett as Home Secretary. In his resignation letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Blunkett said he was proud of his achievements... more December
15, 2004: Disclosing Bad Character to Juries Evidence of a defendant’s previous convictions and other misconduct will now be admissible in criminal trials provided it is relevant, will throw new light on the case, and is not likely to make the trial unfair. This reverses the current position... more December 14, 2004: Morris Inquiry on Met Police Reports The Morris Inquiry, an independent inquiry considering professional standards and employment matters in the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has just issued its Report, which concludes that the MPS lacks a common understanding of diversity... more December 10,
2003: New Offender Management Figures December 8, 2004: Breaking the Cycle of Crime Young parents in prison need better contact with their families to prevent their children becoming the next generation of criminals, according to a report just published by the Prison Reform Trust. The report and resource pack is a substantive guide to policy and practice on meeting the needs of young parents who offend. In a foreword to the report Cherie Booth QC says 'we need to make sure that today's sons and daughters of prisoners don't end up tomorrow's offenders'... more December 6, 2004: Review of 'What Works' We need to know what works to reduce
re-offending in order to decide what interventions to deliver to offenders.
However, simply knowing ‘what works’ only identifies what should be delivered
rather than whether or not it will be effective. A new report, "'The impact of
corrections on re-offending: a review of ‘what works’ " focuses on...
more December 2, 2004: Foreign National Prisoners Reach Record High There are a record 9,000 foreign national prisoners in jails in England and Wales, one in eight of the overall prison population. This follows an almost threefold increase in numbers over the past decade, according to a report published yesterday by the Prison Reform Trust. There has been a 152 per cent increase in foreign national prisoners in the last ten years...more December 2, 2004: Home Office Autumn Performance Report Published Big reductions in vehicle crime, burglary, robbery and the fear of crime, and improvements in police performance are some of the achievements claimed by a new Home Office Autumn Performance Report (APR) published yesterday... more December 1, 2004: Napo and POA Resign From NOMS Board Yesterday Judy McKnight, Chair of probation union Napo and Colin Moses, Chair of the Prison Officers Association resigned from the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Board. Ms McKnight has published a copy of her resignation letter to Home Office Prisons and Probation Minister Paul Goggins. Her letter reads... more
December 1, 2004:
Conditional Cautioning Code Issued The following Crimlinks news archives are available:
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