“Rape victims face a postcode lottery in bringing their attackers to justice with victims in one area standing just a one in sixty chance.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Ministry of Justice has published reports on the management of Dano Sonnex within the criminal justice system, following his conviction for the murders of French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez.”
Ministry of Justice, 4th June 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Plans to create American-style community justice courts in which judges engage directly with offenders and take charge of their rehabilitation have been dropped.”
The Times, 18th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Rape victims are to be asked why they feel that they are being failed by the criminal justice system as new research suggests that Britain has the lowest conviction rates in Europe.”
The Times, 14th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is condemned as an institutionally sexist operation that lets down female victims, fails to help women offenders out of a cycle of crime and prevents professionals reaching the top jobs.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to face criticism from front-line police over the government’s ‘failure’ to stop persistent criminals from re-offending.”
BBC News, 13th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has failed to carry out its election pledge to tackle the causes of crime, says a world expert on crime reduction.”
BBC News, 11th May 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Many disabled victims of crime are being failed by the system, the Guardian has learned, following two cases in which the Crown Prosecution Service and the police were forced to apologise for not taking offences seriously enough.”
The Guardian, 11th May 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hundreds of trials are being cancelled or adjourned because witnesses fail to attend court to give evidence, despite reforms to improve their treatment.”
The Times, 7th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government has today published its response to Lord Bradley’s report on people with mental health problems and learning difficulties in the Criminal Justice System.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A range of new measures that gives communities more say in the way justice is delivered in their neighbourhoods as well as making local criminal justice agencies more accountable to the people they represent has today been announced by ministers.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th April 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Nearly 70 per cent of the public lack confidence in the justice system, an official poll revealed.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims are not at the heart of the criminal justice system and it would take a ‘revolution’ to put them there, the country’s leading support group warns today.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims and witnesses face long delays in criminal trials because of a shortage of courtrooms, the government spending watchdog has warned.”
BBC News, 6th March 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A shortage of courtrooms mean victims and witnesses face long delays in criminal trials, the government’s spending watchdog has warned.”
The Guardian, 6th March 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association have voiced their concerns over the Coroners and Justice Bill, which receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Monday.”
The Bar Council, 25th January 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Fewer than 1% of all convictions in the Crown Court and just 1.3% of sentences are successfully appealed in the Court of Appeal, which should increase public confidence in the criminal justice system.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 19th January 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The Home Affairs Select Committee published on 15 June 2007 the report of its inquiry ‘Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System’, which considered how to tackle the over-representation of young black people in the criminal justice system. The government published its formal response on 18 October 2007. Detailed proposals for the delivery of improved outcomes for young black people were published on 13 December 2007, which set out the governance and reporting arrangements for delivering the government’s commitments. One of the commitments made was to provide the committee with an annual report of progress in each year up to 2011. This is the first annual report.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government’s one year progress report on its strategy for addressing the needs of women offenders, in response to Baroness Corston’s independent review of women with particular vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Out-of-court punishments accounted for more than half of all offences dealt with by the criminal justice system last year, according to figures published today.”
The Times, 27th November 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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