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News Archive: 11

July 26, 2005: Police Action on Diversity

July 25, 2005: Police Numbers At New High

July 22, 2005: Probation Pilot for Compulsory Unpaid Work

July 21, 2005: 7% Drop in Crime, Says BCS

July 21, 2005: Murder Law Review

July 19, 2005: Just Published - Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's Annual Report

July 18, 2005: "Magic Mushrooms" Loophole Closed

July 5, 2005: New Prison Suicide Figures

July 2, 2005: NOMS Chief Exec's Sudden Resignation

June 30, 2005: Economic and Social Costs of Crime: New Report

June 29, 2005: Doubling of ASBOs "Deeply Worrying"

June 28, 2005: Prison Population Increasing Fast

June 16, 2005: No Prosecution Over Death Of Roger Sylvester

June 16, 2005: Sharp Rise in Prison Suicides

June 14, 2005: £84m of Criminal Assets Recovered

June 8, 2005: New Violent Crime Reduction Bill

June 2, 2005: New Report on Children in Custody


July 26, 2005: Police Action on Diversity

The police are to step up their drive to encourage the recruitment of ethnic minorities and women.  At a joint Home Office and ACPO National Diversity Conference on 'Delivering Diversity in the Police Service' ...more

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July 25, 2005: Police Numbers At New High

Police numbers have reached a record level of over 141,000. The number of police officers in England and Wales on 31 March 2005 totalled 141,230... more

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July 22, 2005: Probation Pilot for Compulsory Unpaid Work

The National Probation Service has launched a series of projects as part of the Government’s drive to make Compulsory Unpaid Work more visible, and to promote greater engagement with local communities. The pilot schemes will operate in... more

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July 21, 2005: 7% Drop in Crime, Says BCS

Crime in England and Wales fell by 7% in the past year, according to the British Crime Survey (BCS). The BCS is accepted by many criminologists as the most authoritative and reliable indicator of crime trends. The BCS has measured people’s experience of crime in the same way for over 20 years... more

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July 21, 2005: Murder Law Review

Home Office Minister Fiona Mactaggart has laid down the terms of reference for the first comprehensive review of murder law in over 50 years. The review was originally announced by former Home Secretary David Blunkett in October 2004... more

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July 19, 2005: Just Published - Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's Annual Report

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Stephen Shaw opened 224 investigations into deaths in custody last year, according to his Annual Report which... more

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July 18, 2005: "Magic Mushrooms" Loophole Closed

From the 18th July, 2005, it will be an offence to sell, possess or supply magic mushrooms in all forms – whether dried, packaged or fresh – as Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 comes into force.
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July 5, 2005: New Prison Suicide Figures

The Howard League for Penal Reform has released new figures on prison suicides over the last decade. No less than 804 men, women and children have committed suicide whilst in the care of HM Prison Service in England and Wales in the last ten years. Of the 804 suicides between 1995 and 2004... more

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July 2, 2005: NOMS Chief Exec's Sudden Resignation

In a surprise move, Martin Narey, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), is resigning to join children's charity Barnardo's. In November 2004, Mr Narey had emphasised that he would remain in post at NOMS, though there had been some media speculation about the continuing problems at the body which has merged the prison and probation services... more

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June 30, 2005: Economic and Social Costs of Crime: New Report

A new study updates the original estimates of the costs of crime against individuals and households originally published by Brand and Price (2000) in Home Office Research Study 217. The new study estimates the total current cost of crime against individuals and households in 2003/04 was around £36.2bn... more

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June 29, 2005: Doubling of ASBOs "Deeply Worrying"

The Home Office today announced measures to help to continue tackling what it labelled “the anti-social behaviour that blights the lives of thousands of people across the country”. At the same time, the Home Office also published figures showing vigorous take-up of  Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) by local authorities, police and housing associations... more

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June 28, 2005: Prison Population Increasing Fast

We know that the number of prisoners in England and Wales is increasing.  However, the prison population may be growing faster than we might suppose. The Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed... more

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June 16, 2005: No Prosecution Over Death Of Roger Sylvester

Inquest, an independent organisation which monitors the number of deaths in custody, has released a statement from the family of Roger Sylvester following the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) that there should be no prosecution in connection with Mr Sylvester's death... more

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June 16, 2005: Sharp Rise in Prison Suicides

In a period of only 14 days in June this year, no less than 13 prisoners have died in the overcrowded prisons of England, according to a new statement from the Prison Reform Trust. The statement points out that... more

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June 14, 2005: £84m of Criminal Assets Recovered

Criminal assets worth a record £84 million were recovered during the last year, Home Office Minister for Financial Crime Paul Goggins has announced. The record figure for 2004-2005, compared with £54.5 million recovered the previous year, is the result of new powers... more

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June 8, 2005: New Violent Crime Reduction Bill

Home Office Minister Hazel Blears, who has has overall responsibility for reducing crime and the fear of crime, has announced the Violent Crime Reduction Bill, which contains new powers to ban the manufacture and sale of imitation firearms and tougher sentences for carrying them... more

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June 2, 2005: New Report on Children in Custody

The Howard League for Penal Reform has published a report on the desperate needs of children in penal custody and on release back into the community. The report, “Children In Custody: Promoting The Legal And Human Rights Of Children”, describes the establishment of the UK's first and only legal centre to promote the legal and human rights of individual children in custody... more

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The following Crimlinks news archives are available:

Crimlinks News Archive 15: January-February 2006

Crimlinks News Archive 14: December 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 13: October-November 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 12: August-September 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 11: June-July 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 10: April-May 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 9: March 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 8: February 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 7: January 2005

Crimlinks News Archive 6: December 2004

Crimlinks News Archive 5: November  2004

Crimlinks News Archive 4: October 2004

Crimlinks News Archive 3: August-September  2004

Crimlinks News Archive 2: June-July  2004

Crimlinks News Archive 1: April-May 2004

Crimlinks Complete News Archive

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