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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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“Three Ds key in fight against crime” Evening Telegraph
“Officers having to ‘act as parents’” Courier
“Chief hails drop in crime rate” Courier
“Crime cut as Tayside ned culture targeted” Press and Journal
Press release
“Chief Constable Presents Annual Report to Joint Police Board” Tayside Police
Posted by MM on Mon 30th Jun 2008 at 7:57 pmUpdate
“Sheriffs’ opposition to tagged curfews grows” Courier
“Curfews ‘put public at risk’” Evening Telegraph
Following posted on 22.06.08
“Sheriffs attack early jail release scheme” Times
Following posted on 20.06.08
“Sheriff warns: we can no longer ensure public safety” Herald
“Sheriff hits out after ‘mindless’ criminal freed” Press and Journal
“Decisions on sentences must be more transparent” Scotsman
“Sheriff: I can’t protect public any more from criminals freed early” Scotsman
“Sheriff warns of threat over vandal freed to commit further crime” Times
“Sheriff’s anger at early release” BBC
“Courts can no longer protect public, sheriff says” Law Society Journal Online
“Serious crime jail terms fall by 60%” Times
Posted by MM on Mon 30th Jun 2008 at 6:41 am“Call for mandatory knife sentence” BBC
“Family takes fight against knife crime to parliament” STV
“Carrying a knife would mean jail sentence under planned Criminal Justice Bill” Herald
“‘Knife thug murdered my son and now I want law tightened to reclaim streets’” Scotsman
See also
Petition by John C Muir calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce mandatory sentencing for persons found carrying knives or other dangerous weapons in public
http://www.damianslaw.com/
“Up for eviction: social landlord gets tough on city drug dealers” Herald
“‘They are more scared of us … we can take their house away’” Herald
“37 city drug dealers evicted by GHA” Evening Times
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Posted by MM on Fri 27th Jun 2008 at 8:44 am“Financial crime is in dire need of punishment” Herald
“UK is weak on tackling white collar crime and short sellers, says HBOS chairman” Guardian
“Regulators are failing to crack down on financial crimes, HBOS chairman says” Times
“HBOS chairman critical of hedge funds’ role in share price fall” Herald
“Major recruiting drive planned to end prison staff crisis” Press and Journal
Posted by MM on Fri 27th Jun 2008 at 6:26 am“Police chief’s warning on child detention” Times
“Call for child detention changes” BBC
“Chief Inspector of Constabulary wants changes in the way law treats youngsters” STV
“Guidance proposed for detaining arrested children” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“Care of arrested children” Scot.Gov.
See also
Posted by MM on Thu 26th Jun 2008 at 9:09 am“Parties unite to attack planned raising of off-sales age limit” Herald
“‘Crusade mode’ on alcohol issue criticised” Press and Journal
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 25.6.08: Alcohol Misuse
Posted by MM on Thu 26th Jun 2008 at 7:18 am