‘More than half of criminals may have suffered a head injury which could be fuelling their offending, a new review by British brain experts suggests.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government should criminalise “upskirting” as a sexual offence, say campaigners, after police data showed one complainant was 10 years old.’
BBC News, 20th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Thousands of reported crimes including rape and domestic abuse are going unrecorded by police, a watchdog has warned.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three English police forces are failing to record thousands of reported crimes each year, new reports have found.’
BBC News, 15th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of violent crimes and sex offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen sharply over the past year, figures suggest.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘What legal principles connect publicity for the 17 year-old Charlie Pearce (born 3 July 2000), a double rapist and attempt murderer (R v Pearce (Press Restrictions) Haddon-Cave J (7 December 2017)) and privacy for a stalking mother who, with her cohabitant (‘Mr JM’) tried to disrupt her 10 year-old daughter T’s foster placement (Re T (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1889 (23 November 2017)).’
Transparency Project, 31st January 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The number of sexual assault victims recorded by the Met Police has gone up by more than 7,000 in the last four years, new figures show.’
BBC News, 18th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The future of the Serious Fraud Office has been secured under plans aimed at tackling economic crime – though it will have to answer to a newly created oversight body.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th December 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The national police lead on acid attacks has said 2017 is likely to see the most on record in the UK, as the profile of incidents shifts from domestic violence to street attacks involving gangs and young people.’
The Guardian, 7th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sexist criminals could get longer sentences under plans to make misogyny a type of hate crime.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Police forces are failing to respond to low-priority crimes because of “significant stress” caused by continued budget cuts amid a huge rise in demand, a report has found.’
The Independent, 9th november 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An assistant headteacher who used his mobile phone to film up schoolgirls’ skirts will not face prosecution after a judge ruled his actions were not illegal.’
The Independent, 7th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Too many children are being criminalised by the courts, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has warned. Sir James Munby, president of the family division of the High Court, said that the Crown Prosecution Service should look at changing its charging policy for children so that fewer of them end up in the criminal courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A teenager and his adult accomplice have been jailed for inflicting “life changing injuries” on two men with an acid attack.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Websites that do not prevent the sale of illegal goods are complicit in cyber-crime, a crime chief has said.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan police are to stop investigating many lower level crimes as a result of spending cuts, a senior police officer has said.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘White teenagers are far more likely to smoke than their minority ethnic counterparts, Roma children are falling well behind their peers at school and black men face the highest likelihood of being found guilty in court.’
The Guardian, 9th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A pensioner has admitted shooting dead a burglar he caught breaking into his caravan home in the middle of the night with his illegally-kept double-barrelled shotgun.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A specialist police team set up to investigate crimes against MPs has dealt with 102 complaints in its first year of operation.’
The Guardian, 14th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Seven out of 14 police forces have been dubbed “inadequate” for failing to record hundreds of thousands of crimes reported to them.’
BBC News, 12th September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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