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Prison and Rehabilitation
There has always been a great deal of debate surrounding the issues of punishment and rehabilitation and the role of ...
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Civil Nuclear Constabulary
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary is a specialist armed police force that protects civil nuclear sites and nuclear materials in England, ...
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Secondary Liability
Did you know that you do not have to enter a house to be guilty of burgling it? How? Burglary ...
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Racial Discrimination – UN Report
George Floyd dying in the USA in 2020 resulted in mass protests worldwide and marked a watershed in the fight ...
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Assaults Against Retail Workers
At the beginning of this year, the Home Affairs Committee launched an inquiry into violence and abuse towards retail workers ...
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Recreational Watercraft and Safety
The government has announced a new consultation to look into safety laws relating to recreational and personal watercraft. The proposal ...
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Stalking, Good Character and Unduly Lenient Sentences
Dipu Ahad was a councillor in Newcastle when a lady approached him for assistance as her former partner was harassing ...
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Independent Review of Drugs
The government has announced the set-up of a new drugs unit to help end illegal drug-related illnesses and deaths. To ...
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Illegal Entry via Small Boats
The Crown Prosecution Service and law enforcement agencies have agreed a consistent approach to the handling of illegal entry cases ...
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Sentencing and Ethnicity
The Sentencing Academy has produced a report reviewing ethnicity and custodial sentencing trends from 2009 to 2019. Over the years, ...
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Modern Slavery – New Sentencing Guidelines
The Sentencing Council has the responsibility of developing and monitoring sentencing guidelines. The aim is to promote consistency in sentencing ...
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Threats to Share Intimate Images
The Domestic Abuse Bill introduced a new offence which came into effect on 29th June 2021. Section 69 of the ...
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Trade Mark Offences – New Sentencing Guidelines
The Sentencing Council produces guidelines on sentencing for the judiciary and criminal justice professionals. The aim is to promote greater ...
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Record Environmental Agency Prosecution
Southern Water has been fined £90 million after pleading guilty to 6.971 unpermitted sewage discharges which polluted rivers and coastal ...
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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was introduced in the House of Lords in early July and awaits a ...
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Mentally Disordered Offenders
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published a report on mentally disordered offenders in the criminal justice system. They provided ...
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Modernising Communications Offences
The Law Commission has published a set of recommendations aiming to address the harms that arise from online abuse. As ...
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DVLA and Roadside Checks
Technology has been developed by the DVLA and the Home Office for police officers to use at the roadside to ...
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Ban On Knives, Firearms and Offensive Weapons
Possession of an offensive weapon is an offence if it is in public and without lawful authority or reasonable excuse ...
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Renationalised Probation Service
In 2015, reforms were passed to allow some of the National Probation Service responsibilities to be dealt with by private ...
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