The UK criminal justice system is undergoing dramatic change, one aspect of which is the expanding role of the Crown ProsecutorMacdonald, K.NEW LAW JOURNAL
Science in Court: The UK criminal justice system IT programme is a 2bn [pounds sterling] investment in case management systems and the infrastructure that connects them. Its leader, Stephen Jenner, explains his two-pronged approach to project management, which the Cabinet Office recently cited as...
"If you think about it, if we don't have a functioning criminal justice system, we are in a position where you have people roaming the streets who are committing serious offences and there's no retribution for that. "People aren't getting justice quick enoug...
Indeed, in a much quoted statistic from the British Crime Survey, 75 per cent of the public reported that the media were their principal source of information about the criminal justice system (Kershaw et al., 2001). More significantly, only 6 per cent of those surveyed considered that media...
Sir Keir said police would now have access to a "standing army of specialist officers" to deal with rioters and the criminal justice system would be "revamped" to cope with the expected arrests, prosecutions and jailing of offenders.
Ensuring public protection and safety inside and outside of the criminal justice system is no simple task, and with an ever-growing prison population introduces a new set of disruptive challenges for the UK Government to solve. To safeguard the public, fight criminal activity and help offenders ...
I’m afraid that once again we have to criticise the authorities following reviews into how Jayden was looked after by the system. I know we have heard this so many times and it frustrates you as much as it does me, but let’s briefly look at the main failings. Essentially, the repo...
putting a strain on the ability of the justice system toprocess casesquickly. As of the first quarter of 2023, for example, it took on average 676 days for a crown court case to go from offence to conclusion, compared with 412 days in 2014. There is also the issue ofovercrowding in pr...
In this paper the term Deaf is used of a group of people who use sign language, who come into contact with the criminal justice system in the UK, and for whom mental health needs are associated with their offending behaviour. It critically reviews the existing literature regarding evidence of...
Early interventions will help divert women away from criminal justice system, says Shabana Mahmood Tuesday, 17 September, 2024 Stephen Bush Want to fix UK prisons? Let the women out Imprisonment is not obviously a good solution to drug addiction or for those who have been coerced into crime ...