Oct 25, 2024 · Crime types. Below are details on the extent of the increases in these three categories of offence. In the year ending June 2024: robbery returned to levels last seen before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, rising to an estimated 139,000 incidents, compared with 60,000 incidents in YE June 2023; although police recorded crime …

Jan 22, 2018 · "Russell has worked as a consultant for RAPt/Forward for over seven years on a wide range of projects. He has detailed knowledge of the world of drugs and crime and can be relied on to produce quick and accurate briefings which draw on the latest research as well as developments in the pipeline.

Jan 30, 2024 · Last week’s publication (25 January 2024) of the annual youth justice statistics (for 2022/23) provide many positives and plenty of concerns. There were reductions in cautions and sentences for knife crimes involving children, a decline in the overall number of children being sentenced or cautioned and the lowest number of children in custody on record.

Last week (12 December 2024) the Office for National Statistics published its latest overview of the extend and trends of illicit drug use, drawing on data from the latest edition of the Crime Survey for England and Wales and covering the year ending March 2024.The headline findings are: The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated 8.8% of people aged 16 to 59 years (around 2.9 ...

Dec 10, 2024 · The awards. T he Butler Trust Awards are the only UK-wide awards specifically for people working in custodial and community justice settings, and are often described as the Oscars for the sector.. Launched in 1985 and presented each year by the Trust’s Patron, HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) at an Award Ceremony, they are the original, and most prestigious, awards of their kind.

Dec 3, 2024 · The Sentencing Academy has published a new (30 October 2024) report, authored by Professor Kathryn Hollingsworth, Dr Jonathan Bild and Professor Gavin Dingwall, that explores what children above the above of criminal responsibility know and think about sentencing.The report is based on the findings of a survey of 1,038 children living in England and Wales aged between 10-17 years.

Nov 8, 2024 · Last month the Government launched an Independent Sentencing Review to re-evaluate sentencing and particularly look at the use of non-custodial alternatives. This comes at a crucial time given the growing pressures facing the prison system. This summer our prison population reached close to 90,000 across the England and Wales estate.That is almost 10,000 more prisoners than the prison service ...

Jan 3, 2024 · Transition. Women’s frank and open descriptions of their transition and subsequent experiences of adaptation exposed grey areas relating to their expectations of the prison, their autonomy, the prison environment, and broader gendered social structures.

Sep 11, 2017 · Racism persisting and worsening in the justice system. Last Friday (8 September 2017) was a landmark date in our criminal justice history as David Lammy published his final report: An independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System. Writing in the Guardian, the MP says that when David Cameron invited him to ...

Feb 3, 2020 · Policy considerations. Many readers will be familiar with these findings. However, for me, the real value of the briefing was a reminder that sentencing policy is concerned with more issues than just the most effective approach to reducing reoffending.