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Latest Justice News From the Scottish Government
Blueprint to help fuel poor
New package of measures to replace central heating and Warm Deal programmes.
Ban on public drinking
Councils in north and south of Scotland get go ahead to impose ban on public consumption of alcohol.
Freedom of Information
Proposal to extend Freedom of Information legislation to more organisations.
CjScotland News Log
Saturday, December 20, 2003
Early results for Restorative Justice programme encouraging
“Youth scheme cuts reoffending: A scheme which forces young offenders to face up to their crimes has reported a 99% success rate. Only five of the 500 youths who entered the Restorative Justice programme in Glasgow committed further crimes. . .” BBC
“Youth justice scheme hailed a big success” Evening Times
Posted by MM on Sat 20th Dec 2003 at 2:27 am
Non-custodial justice projects Reparation and Restorative Justice Sentencing Young People • Permalink • Tell-a-Friend
Campaign against aggression towards NHS staff
“‘Gonnae no’ plea over NHS attacks: A catchphrase from the hit BBC comedy show Chewin the Fat has been adopted in the drive to stop attacks on NHS staff. . .“ BBC
“Campaign aims to end violence on health workers” Scottish TV
“Nurses to be trained in tackling violence: Hospitals in Edinburgh have appointed aggression training experts to teach all their nurses and doctors how to deal with violent patients. . .” Evening News
Press Release
“Campaign to stop attacks on NHS staff: A new campaign aimed at ending aggression towards NHS staff has been launched across the country after its successful pilot in Fife and Tayside. . .” Scot. Exec.
Posted by MM on Sat 20th Dec 2003 at 2:21 am
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Friday, December 19, 2003
Police performance indicators show unprecedented crime reduction: except for violence
Media
“Police struggle over crime target: Police are struggling to meet a target to cut violent crime in Scotland, latest figures have suggested. The country’s police forces have been set the task of reducing serious and violent crime by 5% by next April. . .” BBC
“Time to tackle violent crime head-on: Violent crime in Scotland is on the rise, and is proving more intractable than Scottish Executive taskforces and initiatives would dare suggest. Now it has no excuse for not appreciating the scale of the problem and the size of the effort required to tackle it head-on. . .” Scotsman
“Violent crime bucks trend and rises 8%: Violent crime in Scotland has increased by 8% in the last year, despite unprecedented results for police clearing up other offences [. . .] The report was published as an executive-funded restorative justice pilot in Glasgow announced its first results. . .” Herald
“Cops fail to hit targets on violence” Evening Times
“Watchdog praises Scotland’s police” Grampian TV
“Police struggling to meet serious crime targets” Scottish TV
“Seizures of drugs double in five years: Drug seizures in Lothian and Borders have nearly doubled in five years, a report today revealed. . .” Evening News
Press Release
“Accounts Commission report” Scot. Exec.
Report
Police and Fire Performance Indicators 2002-3
Posted by MM on Fri 19th Dec 2003 at 2:35 pm
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New technology for scene of crime analysis
“Police hail forensic breakthrough; A Scottish police force has helped develop new computer technology which could revolutionise the analysis of crime scenes.
Grampian Police say the technology allows officers to revisit the place where the offence took place through their computer screen. . .” BBC
“Computer Boost for Crime Fight” Daily Record
“Police pioneer new technology” Scottish TV
“Hi-tech crime camera unveiled” Grampian TV
Posted by MM on Fri 19th Dec 2003 at 2:31 pm
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Criminal records vetting to be re-examined
“McConnell warned: Soham blunders could happen here: Jack McConnell was under pressure last night to introduce national statutory guidelines for police and public bodies to share information on potential criminals because of fears of a Soham blunder in Scotland. . .” Herald 19.12.03
“Lack of uniform rules hampers vetting: Senior police officers last night claimed the Scottish system for vetting employees who work with children was better than in England, but warned that there was still room for error. . .” Herald 19.12.03
“Safety must be our priority” Herald Editorial 19.12.03
“Soham tragedy less likely in Scotland?McConnell: First Minister Jack McConnell gave a reassurance yesterday that tougher checks in Scotland meant it was less likely that Soham murderer Ian Huntley could have been employed in a school north of the border [. . .] But the vetting agency set up to carry out these checks is facing a backlog of 24,000 unchecked cases. . .” Courier 19.12.03
“Missed: warning signs Huntley was sexual predator: Urgent inquiries were yesterday ordered into vetting systems on staff who work with children after Ian Huntley was given two life sentences for the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman [. . .] In Scotland, Peter Peacock, the education minister, called for an investigation into how to prevent similar cases north of the border.
. . .” Herald
“Scots bid to protect children is launched:[. . .] In Scotland, First Minister Jack McConnell today said he had spoken to Home Secretary David Blunkett on the implications of the murder case for police forces. . .” Evening Times
“As Huntley gets life, Soham families welcome inquiry” Scotsman
“Talks held today after Soham convictions” Grampian TV
See also
Posted by MM on Fri 19th Dec 2003 at 1:36 pm
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Thursday, December 18, 2003
Hunting with dogs prosecution out of time
“Scottish hunting prosecution dropped after case overruns time limit: More than a year after Scotland outlawed fox hunting with dogs, the first criminal prosecution for a breach of the legislation has been thrown out because of errors by police and prosecutors. . .” Independent
Posted by MM on Thu 18th Dec 2003 at 10:54 pm
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Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Restorative justice v punishment: a middle way
In a recent lecture to the Howard League Scotland, Professor Antony Duff, of the University of Stirling, argued that the advocates of a purely restorative justice system and those who aim to simply impose punishment, are both right. It is therefore wrong to think that these approaches to justice are mutually exclusive.
He said that we should see criminal punishment as a restorative process, distinguishing the nature of the wrong doing in a criminal act from that of harm caused by the behaviour - for which civil mediation is appropriate. Punishment and restoration are not incompatible, rather “we should seek repair, reconciliation, and restoration ? and deserved punishment “. The aim of our response to crime should be to achieve restoration through punishment.
Lecture Hand Out
Full text of similar presentation by Professor Duff.
The Howard League Scotland’s Programme of Spring 2004 Lectures in Edinburgh and Glasgow is now available.
Posted by MM on Wed 17th Dec 2003 at 10:56 pm
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Spotlight turns on suicides of women in prison again
“Inquiry calls for action on suicides at women’s jail: An Inquiry into the death of the eleventh woman in seven years to hang herself in Scotland?s only all-female prison has ruled that prison bosses should look again at the way potentially suicidal women inmates are supervised. . .” Evening News
Posted by MM on Wed 17th Dec 2003 at 10:51 pm
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