Archive: Crime

Women shouldn't be forced to seek refuge inside a prison

The current approach to women prisoners isn't working

Helping prevent vehicle crime

Preventing vehicle related crime in car parks, the safer parking scheme has reduced the costs to the economy by half.
Innovation to cut crime and protect victims

Electronic Monitoring can be used to track and locate offenders, and is being trialled to tackle the most persistent offenders. Reducing crime, improving efficiency, protecting victims and assisting rehabilitation.
Minimum pricing linked to 9% drop in crime

New report shows impact of minimum alcohol prices in British Colombia, Canada.
BASC: Airgun crime falls by 45% in Scotland

BASC Scotland today welcomed official figures which show the number of offences involving airguns has dropped from 427 in 2009/10 to 233 in 2010/11. This follows a strong downward trend in offences over a five year period showing a decline of 66% in the number of offences since 2006/07.

Latest shocking figures show we need urgent action to tackle the prison crisis

For reform to work we need to reduce prison numbers and focus on rehabilitation
It's time to end the scandal of child imprisonment

We need to find alternatives to child prisons

Joint Enterprise and the criminalisation of young black men

It's time the government listened to concerns about Joint Enterprise
Revolution at the MoJ: But how long until the tabloids take fright?

Them justice secretary is reversing many of the worst elements of Chris Grayling's reign - but powerful defenders of the status quo will come after him eventually

Comment: When did we stop worrying about crime?

Crime has fallen in voters' list of concerns just as fewer incidents are being reported. Are we entering a golden age of tranquility on Britain's streets, or is something else going on?
Comment: Who will look after victims now Grayling has privatised probation?

The probation services have lost most of their case work to private firms - but no-one talks about what happened to their responsibilities to victims.

Did David Lammy really say it's okay to steal from Fortnum and Mason?

Labour mayoral candidate attacked for shoplifting comments
Comment: Secret plans to GPS tag 75,000 people show privatisation is out of control

Reports are coming in of a massive GPS tracking operation - but the MoJ maintains its cloak of secrecy

Grayling's tough justice is as expensive as it is useless

We know Chris Grayling's tabloid-friendly 'hang-em-and-flog-em' approach to crime doesn't work. Now we're starting to see how much it costs
The law which criminalises turning a blind eye to crime

Under the serious crime bill an accountant would face prosecution for assisting in money laundering, even if they didn't know whether those they were helping were engaged in drugs, or child trafficking, or bank robbery.

Comment: Attacking clergy should be made a hate crime

Two hundred members of the clergy have been violently assaulted over the last five years. We need to ramp up the penalties for this attack on the religious.
Crime hits historic low – but sexual offences shoot up

Crime has hit he lowest point since records began but sexual offences have bucked the trend, according to official statistics.

Comment: We support the death penalty because we feel compassion for mankind

Opponents of the death penalty call us bloodthirsty, but we are fighting for human dignity and justice.
'Insufficient evidence' to charge Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson walked free from court today after it was decided there was "insufficient evidence" to charge him.

The Suez of legislation: Ministers try to patch up the Dangerous Dogs Act

Ministers have unveiled plans to impose life sentences on the owners of dogs which kill, as they try to undo some of the mistakes of the infamous Dangerous Dogs Act.
Black hole: E-crime can be committed with 'impunity'

Criminals are able to defraud people online with virtual impunity and secure significant profits, an influential committee of MPs has found.

Cheer up: It's better than you think

The public are hugely prejudiced against good news and grossly overestimate the rate of crime, immigration and teenage pregnancy in Britain, major new research shows.
Labour demands harsher punishment for Stuart Hall

Labour wrote to the attorney general today demanding a more severe punishment for former BBC presenter Stuart Hall, who was given a sentence of just 15 months despite being found guilty of sexually abusing 13 girls.

Comment: Bullying should be considered a crime

Bullying threatens the safety of our children. A mandatory bullying law would help protect them.
Suspected terror strike in London: Soldier killed

A man has been murdered in London in what is understood to be a terrorist killing of a British soldier.

May is creating a hierarchy of murder

The home secretary's plan to punish cop-killers suggests some lives matter more than others.
Police killers 'will go to jail for the rest of their lives'

Those convicted of murdering police officers should go to jail for the rest of their life, the home secretary said today.

Comment: Our society excuses road crimes, but they kill us just the same

Failure to guarantee justice for road deaths and injuries makes a mockery of other areas of government policy to get people out of their cars and walking or cycling. It is now time to truly put all victims at the heart of policy.
Comment: The probation service is a success story - so why is Grayling privatising it?

What do you do with a public service which is enjoying considerable success? Privatise it, of course.