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Parliament debates new Youth Justice Framework
Friday, June 20, 2008
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"ASBOs for teenagers cost £500k per yob" Daily Record
"Thug Strategy Short On Detail" Daily Record
"The 14 youth Asbos that have cost Scots £7m" Herald
"Flagship junior Asbos cost £½m each in taxpayers’ cash" Scotsman
"Teen Asbos cost Scotland £500,000 each" Times
"Junior Asbos ‘cost £500,000 each’" BBC
"Scots paying £500,000 for every Asbo on youths" Evening Times
"New approach to preventing youth crime" Evening News
"Costs of junior ASBOs revealed" Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 19.06.08
"Focus on empowering young people in new bid to cut youth offending" Herald
"Call for alternative to custody for youths" Herald
Press release
"Offending by young people" Scot.Gov.
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 19.6.08. The Minister for Community Safety (Fergus Ewing): I am delighted to present to the Parliament a new youth justice framework, “Preventing Offending by Young People: A Framework for Action”.
Scottish Government (June 2008). Preventing Offending by Young People: A Framework for Action
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Children and justice Young People
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Prisons Commission: follow up
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
"Focus on rethink over sentencing" Courier
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Dundee City Council Social Work and Health Committee (August 2008).
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 3:19 pmCriminal justice reform Criminal Justice Social Work Prisons and prisoners Sentencing Sentencing reform
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Mining company fined for employee deaths
"Scottish Coal fined £400k over deaths" Evening Times
"Scottish Coal fined £400,000 over double death" Herald
"Company fined over miner deaths" BBC
"Scottish Coal fined over fatal accident" STV
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 3:02 pm
Corporate issues Sentencing Fines Health and Safety
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HMICS thematic inspection on the policing of domestic abuse published
"Report calls for domestic abuse database" Herald
"Inspectorate calls for domestic abuse database" Press and Journal
Press release
"Tackling domestic abuse" Scot.Gov.
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Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland Thematic Inspection: Domestic Abuse
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 2:51 pmGender and crime Police Domestic abuse
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Scottish prison population now 8000 and rising
"Scottish prison population passes 8000" Herald
"Scotland’s jail population passes 8,000 for the first time" Press and Journal
"Prisons designed for 6,600 inmates now hold 8,013 – ‘and it won’t stop here’" Scotsman
"Jail population hits record high" BBC
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SPS: Prisoner Population (weekly figures)
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Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 9:08 amPrisons and prisoners Sentencing Prison sentences
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UK Drug Policy Commission report on enforcement and drugs markets: Dundee experience
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"Sheriff questions crackdown" Courier
Following posted on 25.08.08
"Heroin crackdown sees jump in violent crime" Evening Telegraph
Following posted on 31.07.08
"Addicts turn to tainted heroin" Courier
"£50,000 worth of drugs taken off Dundee streets" Evening Telegraph
"Heroin users ‘getting desperate’" Press and Journal
"Drug traffickers thwart police and Customs as demand grows" Times
"Drugs swoops ‘have little impact’" BBC
"Drugs report ignores bigger picture" Scotsman
Press release
"Reducing ‘collateral damage’ likely to have more impact than big drug hauls, says report" UK Drug Policy Commission
See also
McSweeney T et al. Tackling Drug Markets and Distribution Networks in the UK. A review of the recent literature. | Summary
Tayside Joint Police Board 25.8.08
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CjScotland 18.7.08: Drugs in Dundee: Evening Telegraph and Courier campaigns.
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 8:00 amDrugs and alcohol Police
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Police budgets and pensions gap
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"Police boards urge government to take responsibility for pensions" Herald
Following posted 26.08.08
"Swinney accused of inaction on police pensions" Herald
Following posted 15.08.08
"Police seek talks over rises in pension payments" Herald
Following posted 11.08.08
"Police pension shortfall could thwart target to recruit 1000 new officers" The Sunday Herald
Following posted 27.06.08
"Spiralling pension costs ‘will cut police on streets’" Herald
"Front-line police at risk due to spiralling pension costs" Courier
"Cost of police pensions may mean cull on the front line" Times
"Price of police pensions" Herald
Following posted on 28.01.08
"Extra cash for front-line policing diverted to cover pensions shortfall" Scotsman
Following posted on 21.01.08
"Ministers criticised over ‘misleading’ statements on police funding" Press and Journal
"Police union fears 30-plus scheme being phased out" Herald
"Police pensions in funding crisis" BBC
"Thin blue line needs beefed up" Evening News
Following posted on 14.01.08
"Police facing cuts to plug ‘mysterious’ funding gap" Press and Journal
"Grampian set for ‘record level’ of police officers" Press and Journal
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Scottish Parliament Official Report 17.1.08: Ms Alexander: A week ago, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice told Parliament that in Grampian an additional 230 police officers would be recruited by 2009. How does that square with the view of the convener of Grampian police authority, who said that “money which should be spent on policing in the Grampian area will have to be spent on police pensions”?
Grampian Police Board
Lothian and Borders Police recruitment page
Posted by KM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 7:24 amPolice
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Glasgow's zero tolerance approach to prostitution
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"Prostitution law proposals ‘a step back’" Evening News
Following posted on 25.08.08
“‘Zero tolerance’ in Glasgow’s bid to stamp out prostitution" Scotsman
"City looks to Sweden in blitz on sex trade" Evening Times
"Glasgow turns to Sweden in attempt to tackle prostitution within city" Herald
See also
Glasgow Magazine August - September 2008. pp 8-10
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 7:09 amGender and crime Prostitution
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Group highlights male victims of domestic abuse and calls for resources
Update
"Are men suffering in silence?" Scotsman
Following posted on 25.08.08
"Scots men forced to suffer in silence from domestic abuse" Scotsman
See also
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 7:01 amGender and crime Domestic abuse
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Equity fines for corporate offenders in proposed Criminal Sentencing (Equity Fines) Bill
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
"Call to base company fines for fatalities on share price" Herald
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Scottish Parliament: Criminal Sentencing (Equity Fines) Bill. Consultation. (July 2008)
Posted by MM on Tue 26th Aug 2008 at 7:22 amCorporate issues Current Legislation Sentencing Criminal Sentencing (Equity Fines) Bill Fines Sentencing reform Health and Safety
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