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Lord Advocate on the case for a UK Supreme Court
‘Gang culture’ fears amongst Asian community
‘Ice cream wars’: Campbell and Steele convictions quashed
‘Security squad’ response to ‘neds’ on trains
‘Server’ liability for pubs mooted: licensing changes
‘Young thugs’ targetted on Inverclyde estates
24 hours of random searches in Glasgow
30 Years Ago
Absconders from Castle Huntly
ACPOS consider fear of crime not susceptible to recording by police
ADSW Criminal Justice Conference 2003: presentations on line
Advance Notice: the SASD Annual Conference 2004
Advocates attack increased use of temporary judges
Advocates for disabled children criticize Antisocial Behaviour definition
Alcohol abuse in Scotland
Alcohol and crime: north-east initiative
Allocation of funding for local ‘antisocial behaviour’ plans
Alternatives to prison: Glasgow women’s project open at last
Anti-stabbing vests for hospital security staff
Antisocial Behaviour (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 debate
Antisocial Behaviour Bill and dealer landlords
Antisocial Behaviour Bill: dispersal powers criticised by coalition partners
Antisocial Behaviour Bill: financial implications
Antisocial Behaviour Bill: Lib Dems and police raise funding issues
Antisocial Behaviour Bill: policing and populism concerns
Antisocial orders for Leith prostitutes planned
Appeals flaw in child protection registration
Bail research published: tagging powers amendment sought in Criminal Procedures (Amendment) Scotland
Baroness Stern warns Scotland not to follow English criminal justice model
BBC Scotland chat-room on counterfeit DVDs etc
Benefit fraud
Better handling underlies some of increased minor crime reporting in Fife
Bichard Inquiry: Scottish Police miss convictions record deadline
Big Issue In Scotland (No. 460)
Breach of the Peace appeals
Call for better protection for sexually exploited children on the net
Campaign against community drug dealers a success
Cannabis cafe
Cannabis Cafe II
Cannabis Cafe III
Cannabis cafe shuts
Cannabis reclassified today
Cannabis: the situation in Scotland
Car Chases: new strategies
CCTV continues to spread: railway stations in Lothians
CCTV on Edinburgh buses to embarass vandals
CCTV: UK under surveillance
Central police to up recruitment
Central Scotland Police Inspection: force is ‘efficient and effective’
Challenge to Glasgow happy hours curtailment
Change to speeding points system mooted
Child protection guidelines; research suggests uncertainty amongst education staff
Child protection national standards announced
Child witnesses seminar for advocates
Childen’s Reporter statistics for 2003
Children in prison: research commissioned on significant rise.
Children learn about consequences of stoning buses
Children who are persistent offenders; what to do?
Children’s homes: abuse of children by children
Children’s Panel Training Manual published
Civil Contingencies Bill published (Westminster)
Cocaine addiction grows
Communities Committee publishes Stage 1 report on Antisocial Behaviour Bill
Communities Minister on-line
Community activist driven out by attacks
Community safety partnership funding announcement
Community Service pilot for fine default
Community service: soft option?
Comparative research supports critics of prostitution tolerance zones.
Concerns about fast tracking and children in care
Confiscation of alcohol from underage drinkers associated with drop in violence reports
Confiscation of Assets First
Constitutional Affairs Select Committee slams UK Supreme Court plans
Constitutional Reform Bill published
Consultation on reducing re-offending launched
Continuing concerns about Antisocial Behaviour Bill
COPFS progress reported by Solicitor General
Court reform: Justice 1 committee likely to be critical
Creative response to school gangs problem
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: criticisms highlighted.
Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Justice Committee makes amendment
Criminal Record Checks Imported from England
Criticism of Antisocial Behaviour Bill presented by Police, Researchers and Voluntary Organisations
Cross border hi-tech crime explosion
Crown Office advises doctors on transplant preparation procedure
Crown Office to review child murder cases
Custody centre proposal for Baird Street Glasgow
Daily Record reports on ‘vice’ and organised crime in Scotland
Daily Record reports on ‘vice’ and organised crime in Scotland II
Debate on Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill in parliament today
Decision imminent on slopping-out case: compensation implications for SPS
Denomination and the judiciary
Deployment of special constables on street beat
Disciplinary dispersal of Northern Ireland’s prisoners
Disorder in HMP Kilmarnock after drugs intercept
DNA register proposals for unconvicted sex offender suspects
Domestic Abuse national training strategy
Domestic violence snapshot
Driver re-training rolled out nationally as alternative to prosecution
Drug testing in schools: Scottish education groups reject proposal
Drugs proceeds to go to victim communities
Dunblane eight years on: Tory attacks hand gun ban
Dundee launches UK’s first undergraduate forensic anthropology course
Dundee: twin track approach to youngsters causing trouble.
Easterhouse community project featured on Radio4.
EU Arrest Warrant and Extradition to US
European Court rules for votes for prisoners
Evangelical Christian youth festival aims to cut crime
Ewing blames McConnell for drop in off-licence under 18 sale prosecutions
Executive announces more funding for support services for abuse victims
Executive argues that police wrong about Antisocial Bill costings
Executive debate on Supreme Court
Executive response to internet pornography issue
Expansion of radiolink scheme in Leven
Expansion of restorative justice schemes for young offenders
Expert evidence in Scottish cot death trials to be reviewed.
Extension of government surveillance powers against antisocial behaviour proposed by PM
Extra police at railway stations for reassurance
Fall in Glasgow street violence attributed to public drink ban
Fall out from the Steele, Doyle acquittal
Fast-tracking, restorative justice and a second youth court in youth justice package
Fear of crime survey in Perthshire
Fife police issue details of 2002 drugs arrests
Fife shops selling solvents to children
First local criminal justice social work inspection published
First Minister attacks Antisocial Behaviour Bill critics
First Minister attacks Police Federation leader on Antisocial Behaviour Bill
First Minister supports Glasgow weapons sale ban proposal
Fixed criminal legal aid fees jeopardises recruitment of lawyers
Fixed Penalty for Dundee Drivers without Insurance
Fly-tipping hotline promoted
Focus on wildlife and the law at wildlife crime conference
Funding crisis at Grampian Police forecast
Gay Police Support on Tayside
Glasgow Bans ‘Happy Hours’
Glasgow restorative justice scheme criticised
Glasgow small businesses least affected by crime than elsewhere in the UK
Glasgow to ban sale of replica weapons
Glasgow to consider banning bottles from take-aways
Glasgow to control sale of knives and replica firearms
Grampian Crime and Alcohol Seminars
Hate crime debate
Hen harrier campaign
Herald puts case for ‘Scandinavian’ justice model
Heroin injecting increases in Edinburgh
Heroin use increases in Tayside
High Court remands in custody
HMCIP report on open prisons (Noranside, Castle Huntly) published
HMIP report on Glenochil published
HMPs Noranside and Castle Huntly: visiting committees meet to respond to Inspectorate report
Home Zone for Port Glasgow
Homophobic crime reporting initiative
Immediate pub closure power urged for Police
Includem project: individual tlc for young offenders
Inside 218: an alternative to Cornton Vale.
Internet chatroom advice to protect children
Interview with Lord Advocate: court reform
Judge attacks presentation of social inquiry report on teenager
Justice 1 Committee considers Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2
Justice 1 Committee Stage 1 report on Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill published
Justice Minister welcomes Home Office consultation on victims’ support
Kirk supports prostitution tolerance zones
Knife seizures in central Glasgow down on 2002.
Late night disorder in Dundee
Lawyers and the Proceeds of Crime Act
Lib Dems to consider new offence of loitering outside licensed premises
Licensing response to stag and hen night disorder
Lighter fuel sold to children
Litter law enforcement early success
Long term follow up of sex offenders research published
Lord Advocate bans under age alcohol entrapment
Lord Advocate suppports Supreme Court proposals
Lord Falconer interview on Supreme Court reform; reform to go through Holyrood as ‘Sewel’ motion?
Lord Falconer to speak on constitutional reform in Edinburgh tonight
Lords defeat for Supreme Court proposals
Lothian Police Board convenor writes on drug enforcement
Lothians police to have alternative to 999
Lothians police to report on latest Edinburgh crime figures
Lothians’ police communications centre teething problems
Low fines imposed for landlords’ housing violations
Management fraud at ‘record level’ in Scotland
Many motorists ignore traffic cameras in Aberdeen
Maximum prison term for causing death by dangerous driving increased
McConnell advocates urgent overhaul of drug rehab. services
McConnell disputes local police doubts about dispersal measures
McInnes Report (2)
McInnes Report to recommend abolition of district court system
Metal detectors to make Glasgow Centre blade free
Minister praises victim support services and prosecution reform
Mobile phones: legislation ignored by many drivers
More cannabis cafes fear
Most Aberdeen crime related to drugs say police
MSP believes prison works
MSP promotes internet grooming bill
MSPs impressed by projects in young offender’s prison
NCH Scotland report on youth justice
New Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service strategy launched
New Dundee fiscal explains role
New education opportunity for ex-offenders
New government funding for rape crisis centres
New Police Liaison Officer to tackle violence and vandalism on Glasgow transport
New prison plans questioned
New strategy for drugs enforcement in Scotland: fears about cheap heroin
New Youth Justice initiative in Lossiemouth
Nicotine cafe ban bid
No action decision by Crown Office on Hep C contamination of blood products
No saved living expenses bill for innocent prisoners in Scotland
Northern Constabulary not recording mobile phone violations
Northern Ireland prison discipline transfers agreed
Off-licence restrictions threaten corner shops
Off-licences working party reports
Operation Reassurance targets teenage disorder
Overcrowding in HMP Aberdeen
Petition seeking sexual offences charge anonymity rejected
Plans to legislate against ‘internet grooming’
POA considers action in support of NI staff
Police bid to promote women to top ranks
Police call for access to hospital records to pursue unreported violence
Police claim success in tackling dealers on estate
Police Drink Drive Figures for Christmas and New Year up on 2002
Police firearms training: Lothian and Borders
Police happy with Angus CCTV
Police launch Valentine’s Day campaign against domestic abuse
Police photo school jotters in anti-vandalism campaign
Police professional development
Police question pay for specials
Police recruitment challenge
Police will not prioritise minor 999 calls
Police: overtime unpaid; older recruits
Police: promoting women; impact of working hours directive
Policing challenges in Scotland: John Vine interview
Policing within the Community - Inspectorate Report: fear of crime
Positive evaluation of Tayside Abuse initiative
Praise for youth volunteering project
Preventative youth crime scheme: funds run out in June.
Prison services: proposed change to industrial relations regulations
Prisoners have bad teeth
Prisons’ visitor records
Private prisons: debate about Lothians proposals
Prosecution Inspector to be appointed
Prostitution: help for women in Aberdeen
Protected wild birds of prey investigation
Protecting vulnerable adults: worker check consultation
Protests against new unit for troubled children
Public meeting sceptical about antisocial behaviour legislation
Race and gang crime in south Glasgow
Race crimes prosecution inhibited by legislation
Re-think on Trials in Absence Signalled by Deputy Justice Minister
Recently published research on domestic abuse
Reflections on life imprisonment, capital punishment and Shipman’s suicide
Reliability of school incident data challenged
Renewed criticism of Sexual Offences (Procedure and Evidence) Act
Replica firearms and air weapons provisions into effect
Reported crime falls on Tayside
Research into victim’s perceptions of their dealings with police published
Research suggests morale problem in Prosecution Service
Review of Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 planned
Review of SPS to consider impact of English National Offender Management Service
Roadside drug assessment
SACRO Alcohol Education course cuts re-offending
School students petition Parliament on sentencing for violence
Scotland’s alcohol problem
Scotpep evidence to Local Government and Transport Committee to show increas in attacks
Scottish Executive criminal justice reform agenda wide ranging
Scottish Executive does not support Prostitution Tolerance Zones Bill
Scottish Executive to consider England’s alcohol harm reduction strategy
Scottish Parliament: Committees round-up.
Scottish Parliament: debate on police accountability
Scottish Police Federation backs Antisocial Behaviour Bill: except powers of dispersal
Scottish prison population rate is fourth highest in Europe
SDEA targets criminal assets
Seat belt violations ‘crackdown’
Seizure of assets: lessons from Ireland?
Sentencing and public opinion
Sexism in police
Shetlands: Police and Customs formalise working protocol
Shoplifters banned in Glasgow
Sighthill success in protecting refugee teenagers
Single emergency service suggested
SNP questions Crown Office budget
Special constables underused in Lothian
Specialist environmental crime prosecutors network announced
Speed cameras: Glasgow full
SPS announces publication of research bulletins
SPS suicide strategy and FAI questioned
SSP drugs spokesperson writes on drug policy
Standardisation of crime recording to be introduced
Stopping re-offending: community sentences and better prisoner re-settlement
Stornoway CCTV scheme upgraded
Strathclyde Police sets up “diversity recruiting team”
Sunday Mail focus on ‘crackdown on youth crime’
Supreme Court and ‘Sewel motions’: Cullen, Sewel, Woolf.
Supreme Court proposals attacked by Lord Woolf
Susan Deacon argues for welfare approach to youth crime
Synthetic drugs makers could target Scottish rural areas
Tagging children and human rights
Taxi drivers sign up for crime watch in Edinburgh
Teenage artists transform vandalised bus shelters
Terrorism and the law
The experience of racism in Scotland
Tories argue for more police on beat
Tutu calls for restorative rather than retributive approach to UK sentencing
TV licence non-payment figures for 2003
Tyre dumping enforcement campaign
UK criminal records accessed by US?
UK Organised Crime Agency proposed
UK Special Branch guidelines published
Undercover evidence gathering to prosecute community trouble
Victim Information and Advice protocol agreed in Dumfries
Violence in schools
Voting reform campaign for prisoners
Warning from Scottish Business Crime Centre about ‘electronic terrorism’
Whisky duty fraud
White collar fraud in public sector: specialist squad considered
Wildlife crime initiatives
Working Group on Hate Crime Consultation Paper and disability abuse figures published
Young people and alcohol abuse
Young prisoners go hedging
Youngsters at work to combat sectarianism
Youth gender assumptions challenged
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