“A Home Office guidance document says that providing enough time has passed ‘to suggest that a previous caution has had a significant deterrent effect – two years or more’, anyone repeating a ‘trivial’ offence can escape charges and facing court.”
Daily Telegraph,
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“This is the fourth report on the evaluation of three restorative justice schemes funded under the Home Office’s Crime Reduction Programme from mid-2001.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th June 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Related link: Does restorative justice affect reconviction? The fourth report from the evaluation of three schemes (PDF)
“Interventions that targeted attitudes and anger, self-control, family processes, general educational needs and antisocial behaviour were associated with reductions in women’s reoffending. Overall, limited evidence and methodological issues resulted in conclusions that could not be considered robust or statistically significant.”
Interventions aimed at reducing reoffending in female offenders: a rapid evidence assessment (PDF)
Ministry of Justice, 19th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“More than 140,000 criminals are caught re-offending within a year of being freed from jail or sentenced to a community punishment, official figures have disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A new ‘action squad’ will work with police and local agencies in every community to help them take on the problem of anti-social behaviour.”
Home Office, 8th May 2008
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“An explanation of changes to the way the government is measuring reoffending rates.”
Ministry of Justice, 7th May 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A consultation on a new drive to reduce reoffending has been launched to establish how Probation Boards and Trusts will provide the most cost-effective route to help rehabilitate and punish offenders.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th April 2008
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A serial petty thief convicted for the 175th time at a total cost to the taxpayer of more than £700,000, has been spared jail despite carrying out her latest crime while on bail.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th March 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The reoffend rate for convicts could be cut if the government did more to support the children and families of those in jail, campaigners say.”
BBC News, 5th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“David Hanson MP, Minister of State for Justice, today announced the start of consultation on a new strategic plan to reduce reoffending.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th November 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“More than 16,000 crimes were committed in a year by offenders released early from jail, the Government has disclosed.”
The Independent, 27th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The police are already hunting for 18 prisoners who are ‘unlawfully at large’ after being released among the 1,700 let out during the first week of the government’s new emergency scheme to cope with jail overcrowding, the justice ministry said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Criminals released early from prison because of an overcrowding crisis committed eight more offences within days of being freed, the Ministry of Justice said.”
The Independent, 17th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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