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Jobs prevent criminals reoffending
The course will examine the business case for working with offenders as well as providing best-practice advice and guidance for employees on the criminal justice system. Mike Brophy, BITC regional director for Essex, said: "Our survey findings show
Updated: 01/16/2012 04:49A
Cost of retail crime tops £1.4bn, says BRC
This has substantially reduced incidents of opportunistic crime against stores but combating the rise in violent crime to which retailers and their staff are exposed requires the support of law makers and enforcers, says the report.
Updated: 01/16/2012 04:33A
Lords EU Sub-Committee E - Viviane Reding - EU's Policy on Criminal Procedure
Thank you very much for agreeing to give evidence to this Committee in its inquiry into the European Union's criminal law policy. As you know, this session will be broadcast. It is on the webcast live. It will be subsequently available on the
Updated: 01/16/2012 04:15A
Law to check honour killings yet to take effect
It added that responsible institutions lack the commitment to implement the law. Legal experts dealing with criminal cases say that the Pakistan Penal Code does not contain any provision which can mitigate the offence of murder committed in the name of
Updated: 01/16/2012 04:05A
Children should not face court for ANY crime until they are at least 12
The current age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10. It is likely to spark fierce debate among ministers - not least because under the proposals Robert Thompson and Jon Venables would have escaped justice for murdering toddler James
Updated: 01/16/2012 03:48A
Recent Gun Crimes Could Trigger New Pennsylvania Self-Defense Law
Recent changes by lawmakers strengthened so-called Castle Doctrine principles in the state criminal code. House Bill 40 passed with wide majorities in both houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly last summer, and took effect in late August after it
Updated: 01/16/2012 03:30A
On MLK Day: How a Racist Criminal Justice System Rolled Back the Gains of the
It's simply been redesigned, and now racial control functions through the criminal justice system. Michelle Alexander is the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, former director of the Racial Justice Project at
Updated: 01/16/2012 03:13A
Children should not face court over ANY crime until they are 12
Experts claim new research shows children under 13 have not reached the level of maturity to be able to gauge the consequences of their actions. The proposals, put forward by the Centre for Social Justice has already secured the backing of 33 experts
Updated: 01/16/2012 03:04A
Rehab funding dividing county
By Dana M. Nichols ANGELS CAMP - Criminal justice officials in Calaveras County remain bitterly divided over how to spend about $450000 a year in state realignment funding even as the Community Corrections Partnership approved a plan for the money.
Updated: 01/16/2012 03:02A
Feds stepping up police-abuse cases
Gloria Browne-Marshall, an associate professor of constitutional law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and the author of the book “Race, Law, and American Society: 1607 to Present,” says American cities are experiencing blowback from
Updated: 01/16/2012 03:01A
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