" class="left_link">» Text Here“Police tell of 41% rise in cases of domestic abuse” Evening Times
“Domestic violence cases up 40% to 50,000 this year” Herald
“Domestic abuse cases up 41% in eight years” Press and Journal
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Posted by MM on Wed 31st Dec 2008 at 8:31 am“Private firm may track all email and calls” Guardian
“UK’s database plan condemned by Europe” Independent
See also
Home Office (2007) The United Kingdom Security & Counter-Terrorism Science & Innovation Strategy
Research tip: try internet searches using the term ‘Intercept Modernisation’.
“Police may be asked to pay cost of their training” Herald
“Evolution or revolution: the dilemma of recruiting police” Herald
“Question of funds” Herald
Update
“SNP move to close sex offenders loophole” Daily Record
“Bid for new law on sex fiends” Evening Times
“Promise to close the monitoring loophole” Herald
“Ministers to close ‘homeless’ sex offenders loophole” Press and Journal
“Sex offenders loophole to be closed” STV
Following posted on 30.12.08
“Sex beasts on loose thanks to legal loophole” Daily Record
Posted by MM on Wed 31st Dec 2008 at 8:05 am“Making the most of a second chance” Herald
See also
http://www.kibblefostering.org/index.htm
Podcasts
The Scottish Government consultation Improving the Lives of Children in Scotland - are we there yet?: Consultation on the Scottish Government’s response to the 2008 Concluding Observations from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child was launched on December 18th and will close on March 2nd. There will be a series of events relating to the consultation details of which are included in the covering letter to the document.
There was a Scottish Government debate on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child held on Thursday 6th November, which appears to have gone unreported by the Scottish media.
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 6.11.08. United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
UN Convention on the rights of the child: UK Concluding Observations 2008 (January 2009)
Also
CjScotland 20.10.08: CoE Human Rights Commissioner calls for rise in age of criminal responsibility in UK
CjScotland 6.10.08. UN Committee on Rights of the Child reports on UK: implications for Scottish child justice
“Police catch four–year–olds over assault and fireraising” Evening News
“Youth crime: ‘There seems to be a new generation of offenders’” Scotsman
“Children commit 78 crimes” Times (21.12.08)
Update
“Call to make ‘body–cams’ standard kit” Courier
“Cops ‘need cameras’ on duty” Evening Times
“Labour want police armed with cameras” Scotsman
Following posted on 15.12.08
“Police to wear CCTV cameras on the beat” Courier
Posted by MM on Tue 30th Dec 2008 at 9:03 am“Project has cut youth crime” Courier
“Youth crime cut in half by new scheme, finds report” Daily Record
“Youth crime cut by 50% under pioneering co–operation deal” Herald
“Scheme slashes youth crime in half” STV
“New scheme halves youth crime”Scotsman
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Posted by MM on Tue 30th Dec 2008 at 8:53 amUpdate
“Focus on cutting crime, not emptying prison cells” Herald. Article by Alison Payne research director of Reform Scotland.
Following posted on 22.12.08
“McLeish warns of funding gap in overhaul of penal policy” Scotsman
“MacAskill confirms short sentence restrictions” Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 19.12.08
“Ian Swanson: Ditching short prison terms is no soft option for the SNP” Evening News
Following posted on 18.12.08
“Bid to scrap short jail terms” Courier
“Criminals dodge prison with plans to axe short sentences” Evening News
“MacAskill defends plans to cut shorter sentences” Herald
“Platform: Making criminals pay back communities will improve all our lives (premium)” Scotsman. Article by Kenny MacAskill.
“SNP sentencing scheme would create ‘soft-touch’ Scotland” Times
“Judges in Scotland ordered to use community punishments instead of short prison sentences” Telegraph
“Bid to replace short prison terms” BBC
“Crime Fears Over Jail Term Plans” Daily Record
“Storm over switch to ‘soft–touch’ sentences” Press and Journal
Following posted on 17.12.08
“‘A tough community sentence can break the cycle of reoffending’” Herald
“From poll tax rebel to booze and blades secretary” Herald
“Bid to replace short prison terms” BBC
Following posted on 15.12.08
“More criminals to be kept out of jail” Scotsman
“Work, not jail, for low–risk cons” Times
“Opposition criticise ‘soft–touch’ justice plans” Holyrood.com
Press release
“Management of offenders” Scot.Gov.
See also
CjScotland 28.11.07: Review of Community Penalties report published.
Research tip: for other relevant posts try entering ‘prisons commission’ in the search box or go to the Sentencing or Prisons or Criminal Justice Reform categories in the Archives.
Posted by MM on Tue 30th Dec 2008 at 8:24 am