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The National Offender
Management Service (NOMS) Campaignlog
on the Napo website chronicles the responses of Napo members to the creation
of NOMS.
Diary of a Criminal
Solicitor is written by a London solicitor who does purely criminal
defence work, and who often finds himself "in utter amazement or red faced
with anger working at Police Stations, Magistrates Courts, Crown Courts..".
Judy McKnight's Napolog
is the
weblog of the ex-General Secretary of Napo, the trade union and professional
association for family court and probation staff.
The
Justice of the Peace
(Magistrate's) blog is penned by "a magistrate of independent mind and a
libertarian bent". The author also focuses on "the declining freedoms
enjoyed by the ordinary citizen and a corresponding fear of the big brother
state's ever increasing encroachment on civil liberties".
The
Magistrate's Blog
describes itself as "Musings and Snippets from an English Magistrate
(Justice of the Peace)", who gsits in a
court near London. Where Bystander's views “differ from the letter of the
law, he will enforce the letter of the law because that is what he has sworn
to do”. This revealing weblog offers real insight into a magistrate’s daily
experience.
The
Policeman's Blog is written
by a serving officer who frankly describes his
blog as a “Journey into the mad, mad world of the British underclass and the
Public sector, where nothing is too insane for it to be written down and
copied in triplicate”, then rather unnecessarily assures us that his views
"probably don't reflect official policy”.
The Probation Journal has set up a
Blog to encourage open
debate and exploration from those concerned with UK criminal justice, in
particular practitioners and
especially those closely connected with the probation service.
Psychology and Crime
News is a superbly well informed blog which collates information of interest
in a forensic psychological context. Aimed mainly at an an academic audience,
but also extremely useful for anyone who works with offenders and wants to keep
up to date with developments in both psychology in a forensic context, and
practical forensic developments with psychological relevance.
The
Reducing Reoffending Blog explores issues around rehabilitation and
reoffending.
The
Special Constable's Blog
documents the work of a part time police officer.
The
Thin Blue Line documents
the experiences of a new police officer in London, who describes himself as
“coming from the sticks to the big smoke to see if he can really be all he
can be”.
The
UK Criminal Justice Weblog
has news on UK criminal justice issues drawn from
media websites, government sources and criminal justice
agencies and organisations. It is supported
by Rethinking Crime and Punishment and produced in association with the
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
A superb source of information.
Weblogs
International
Public Defender Dude
is a California-based weblog which frankly acknowledges it presents “The
rantings of a Public Defender constantly fighting against society's
pervasive Police Industrial Complex” and invites the reader to “Enjoy the
unique perspective of one who's life's work is to fight the system through
the system”. |
