" class="left_link">» Text Here“Scots crime forum backs call for cut in prison population” Herald
Press release
“Scotland’s crime rates are stable- despite this our imprisonment rate is fourth highest in Western Europe and rising” SCCCJ
See also
SCCCJ (August 2008). Crime and Justice in Scotland 2006/07. A Third Review of Progress.
SCCCJ
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CjScotland 26.3.07: SCCCJ publishes second annual review of criminal justice in Scotland
CjScotland 16.12.05: Scottish Consortium on Crime and Criminal Justice publishes first annual review
Posted by MM on Fri 29th Aug 2008 at 7:57 am“Unusual deal for car-crash youth” Courier
Posted by MM on Fri 29th Aug 2008 at 7:41 amUpdate
“‘Significant progress’ of fingerprint service is highlighted” Herald
Following posted on 24.04.06
“Fingerprint service reform announced” Holyrood.com
“Experts launch shake-up after McKie scandal” Daily Record 22.4.06
“Fingerprint shake-up ‘to make service world-class’” Scotsman
“New plan for fingerprint service” BBC
“Action plan for fingerprint service published” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“International Experts Help Drive Fingerprint Action Plan Forward” SPSA (August 2008)
“Action plan for fingerprint service” Scot. Exec. (April 2006)
See also
Scottish Fingerprint Service Action Plan for Excellence (April 2006)
“Gaddafi’s son says relatives of Lockerbie victims are being ‘greedy’” Herald
“Money cannot bring back our loved ones” Herald
“Lockerbie evidence not disclosed” BBC
See also
The Conspiracy Files: Lockerbie. Sunday 31st August 9.00pm BBC2
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CjScotland: Lockerbie appeal headlines
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“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
“Report calls for domestic abuse database” Herald
“Inspectorate calls for domestic abuse database” Press and Journal
“Police hailed for efforts tackling domestic abuse” Evening Times
“Database of domestic abusers needed” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“Tackling domestic abuse” Scot.Gov.
See also
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland Thematic Inspection: Domestic Abuse
Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 2:51 pmUpdate
“Police boards urge government to take responsibility for pensions” Herald
“Police pension overspend revealed” BBC
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
See also
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 amUpdate
“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 amUpdate
“Are men suffering in silence?” Scotsman
Following posted on 25.08.08
“Scots men forced to suffer in silence from domestic abuse” Scotsman
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Posted by MM on Wed 27th Aug 2008 at 7:01 am“Crime falls as police crackdown on gangs pays off” Herald
“Cracking down” Herald
“In ‘killing fields’, gangs are born and not made” Herald
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Posted by MM on Mon 25th Aug 2008 at 7:55 am