“New plans to support the rehabilitation of offenders and the reduction of reoffending were outlined today by Justice Minister Lord McNally.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd February 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, is to ‘wipe the slate clean’ for hundreds of thousands of offenders by dramatically shortening the period during which they are obliged to tell potential employers about their criminal past.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“At least 20,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Victims who suffer sprained ankles, broken toes or bruised ribs would no longer be entitled to compensation under Government plans, Kenneth Clarke said today.”
The Independent, 30th January 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Forces across England and Wales employ policemen and women with convictions including burglary, causing death by careless driving, robbery, supplying drugs, domestic violence, forgery and perverting the course of justice.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd January 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government has been urged to support a campaign by the father of a Salford woman who was murdered by a man she met on Facebook.”
BBC News, 7th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Women could soon have the right to know whether a new partner has a history of domestic violence under proposed legislation announced by the home secretary, Theresa May. The Home Office has launched a consultation over how a national domestic violence disclosure scheme could work in practice following a campaign by the father of Clare Wood, who was strangled in 2009 by an ex-boyfriend she had met through Facebook.”
The Guardian, 25th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“People could be given the power to find out from the police if a new partner has a history of domestic violence under new government proposals.”
BBC News, 25th October 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In Colleen Smith v IC and Devon & Cornwall Constabulary (EA/2011/0006), the requester asked for information on the number of school teachers in specified towns who had been investigated, cautioned and charged under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 between January 2005 and November 2007. The Constabulary eventually relied on the personal data at section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act (‘FOIA’).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th September 2011
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/
“Policy paper was written by Timothy Pitt-Payne QC for the legal think tank, Halsbury’s Law Exchange.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 12th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“A teacher has been banned from the classroom after hiding a string of convictions – including biting a police officer.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In a forthcoming policy paper for Halsbury’s Law Exchange I discuss the employment vetting system, in the light of the changes made by the Protection of Freedoms Bill. Although in some respect the Bill is welcome, I argue that it does not go far enough in reforming this difficult area.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 7th September 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“More than 200 police officers and support staff in Britain’s biggest force have been caught accessing the highly sensitive Police National Computer for their own ends.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police will share local records about people through a new national database, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has said. A new database for England and Wales will be linked to an existing one covering Scotland, an NPIA spokesman said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Paedophiles and rapists who want to be removed from the sex offenders register will have to wait 15 years before they can apply for a review, the Home Office has said.”
The Independent, 14th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Home Secretary Theresa May will outline plans to close loopholes in the sex offenders register today.”
The Independent, 14th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A scheme allowing parents to check if someone in contact with their child is a sex offender now extends to all 43 police forces in England and Wales.”
BBC News, 4th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Sex offender disclosure scheme will operate in all forces in England and Wales by April.”
Home Office, 28th March 2011
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“MPs are to debate the government’s Protection of Freedoms bill later, which ministers claim will protect millions of people in England and Wales ‘from unwarranted state intrusion in their private lives’.”
BBC News, 1st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government is considering a change in the law after the BBC revealed a south London councillor had a gun crime conviction but could not be sacked.”
BBC News, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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