Download or read book Home Affairs Select Committee Sentencing Guidelines Minutes of Evidence 1 July 2004 written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Draft Sentencing Guidelines written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Constitutional Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Constitutional Affairs Committee became the Justice Committee as of 6 November 2007
Download or read book Sentencing Guidelines written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-17 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentencing Guidelines : Oral evidence, Thursday 1 July 2004, Rt Hon Lord Woolf, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Chairman of the Sentencing Guidelines Council, and Mr Kevin Mccormac, Sentencing Guidelines Council Secretariat
Download or read book Sentencing Guidelines written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Justice Committee and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentencing Guidelines : Oral evidence, 22 January 2008
Download or read book Towards effective sentencing written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Select Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication contains oral evidence given in relation to the Committee's inquiry into sentencing policy by Lord Woolf, the former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. It also includes written evidence submitted by a range of organisations including the Home Office, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, the Crown Prosecution Service, Criminal Bar Association, the Howard League for Penal Reform, JUSTICE, the Parole Board, the Police Federation, the Prison Governors' Association, the Prison Reform Trust, and the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.
Download or read book Towards Effective Sentencing written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book House of Commons Home Affairs Committee E Crime HC 70 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The threat of a cyber attack to the UK is so serious it is marked as a higher threat than a nuclear attack. One can steal more on the internet than they can by robbing a bank and online criminals in 25 countries have chosen the UK as their number one target. Astonishingly, some are operating from EU countries. If we don't have a 21st century response to this 21st century crime, we will be letting those involved in these gangs off the hook. After a 10 month inquiry the Committee concluded that: a dedicated state of the art espionage response team should be established so that attacks can be immediately reported; Banks must be required to report all e-crime fraud to law enforcement; it is alarmed that CEOP is having its budget cut by 10% over 4 years, its experienced Chief Executive is leaving and it could lose its laser-like focus when merged with the National Crime Agency; it is still too easy for people to access inappropriate online content and those responsible need to take stronger action to remove such content - the Government should draw up a mandatory code of conduct with them to remove material which breaches acceptable standards; the DPP should review sentencing guidance and ensure e-criminals receive the same sentences as if they had stolen the same amount of money or data offline; the Government should look at setting up a similar organisation to the Internet Watch Foundation focused on reporting and removing online terrorist content
Download or read book Sentencing Guidelines written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Justice Committee and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sentencing Guidelines : Oral and written evidence, 5 May 2009, Professor Michael Levi, University of Cardiff
Download or read book Home Affairs Committee Murder Mandatory Life Sentences and the year and a Day Rule Minutes of Evidence and Memoranda of Evidence written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sentencing guidelines and Parliament written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Justice Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parliament and the judiciary have different and complementary roles in determining sentencing; Parliament sets the overall legislative framework, sentencers determine the individual sentence in a particular case. In the middle sit sentencing guidelines. The Justice Committee provides a form of parliamentary comment on these by considering draft sentencing guidelines. This is an area that has recently been subject to debate in terms of how to enhance democratic engagement within the constitutional framework. The Committee's work with sentencing guidelines suggests that more attention needs to be paid to how sentencing contributes to public confidence in the criminal justice system and to the costs of different sentences and their relative effectiveness in achieving the purposes of sentencing. These areas will be the priorities for the Committee's scrutiny of sentencing guidelines, and scrutiny of criminal justice policy more broadly. The danger of a sentencing policy based on misconceptions about what the public wants is that over the longer term resources will be diverted away from a sentencing framework that is effective in reducing re-offending, creating more victims of crime. There are still fundamental questions to be answered in discerning what works in achieving an effective sentencing framework.
Download or read book House of Commons Home Affairs Committee The Work of the UK Border Agency January March 2013 HC 616 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Border Agency backlogs, by the time it was wound up, had fallen to 432,000. However, most of the 70,400 reduction was achieved by simply loading pending cases onto the computer, and in some categories-such as those applying for further leave to remain on the basis of marriage or civil partnership-the backlog had actually grown. The Committee has no objection in principle to the introduction of a charge for access to the National Health Service for those who are in the UK only temporarily. However it expresses concerns about the possible application of the scheme to vulnerable people who have been trafficked into the country and recommends that the Government should pilot an alternative option for visa applicants to take out private health insurance instead. This has been a chaotic summer for immigration policy. First we had the controversial AdVans which were rightly ridiculed, and then it was revealed that Capita had botched the contract to clear the migration refusal pool by asking British citizens to leave their own country. Finally we saw a u-turn on visa bonds, however the uncertainty has already done damage. A more effective and less menacing message would be that the Government is willing and able to support those who are here illegally to return home if they want to. Tough enforcement action should be taken against those who are determined to remain here illegally, but for the target audience of potential voluntary returners, the effectiveness of the carrot is potentially undermined by the ostentatious brandishing of the stick
Download or read book House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Pre Lisbon Treaty EU Police and Criminal Justice Measures The UK s Opt In Decision HC 615 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the Home Affairs Committee's response to the House's invitation of 15 July 2013, together with the Justice and European Scrutiny Committees, to submit a report by the end of October 2013 relevant to the exercise of the block opt-out of pre-Lisbon Treaty EU police and criminal justice measures, before the start of negotiations between the Government and the European Commission, Council and other EU member states on measures which the UK wishes to rejoin following exercise of the block opt-out. The Government has given notification of its intention to exercise the block opt-out. Its right to do so, and the conditions attached to the exercise of that right, are contained in Article 10 of Protocol 36 annexed to the EU Treaties. The block opt-out covers 130 EU police and criminal justice measures which had been adopted prior to 1 December 2009, the date of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. The Committee has also set out: (i) That there are many problems with the European Arrest Warrant, in its existing form, in particular that it is on a system of mutual recognition of legal systems which in reality vary significantly; (ii) The Committee welcomes and supports the Government's reform package for the arrest warrant; (iii) The Committee recommends separate votes on the arrest warrant to the rest of the opt-in package at an early stage to provide a parliamentary mandate for the Government's negotiations.; (iv) The Committee concludes that if the Government proceeds with the opt-in as proposed, it will not result in any repatriation of powers. Indeed, the increased jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice may result in a net flow of powers in the opposite direction.
Download or read book House of Commons Home Affairs Committee Asylum HC 71 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The asylum system is overburdened and under severe pressure. The backlog of asylum cases that should have been cleared by 2011 has reached 32,600, with some people waiting up to 16 years for a decision. Thousands appear to be living in a sub-standard level of housing as part of the COMPASS contract supplied by the private contractors G4S, Serco and Clearel. These companies must be held accountable. The quality of decision making is also of great concern as 30% of appeals against initial decisions were allowed in 2012. The impact of decisions are grave - if asylum is not granted when it should be then the UK is failing to protect a vulnerable person. If asylum is granted when it is not deserved then the UK may well end up harbouring war criminals and terrorists. Those who apply for asylum should be checked against national and international law enforcement agency and security databases to ensure that we are not harbouring those who intend us harm. The Home Secretary has to give assurance that any anomalies in the process, which have allowed decisions such as this to take place, are addressed immediately. The are also oncerns about the level of support available to those who seek asylum in the UK. The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 section 4, which provides a reduced support system for asylum seekers who had had their claim refused but were unable to return to their country of origin through reasons that were no fault of theirs, is not a solution.
Download or read book Policing large scale disorder written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-12-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional written evidence is contained in volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/homeaffairscom
Download or read book The work of committees in 2008 09 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Liaison Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: work of committees In 2008-09 : Second report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes and Appendices
Download or read book Journeys into Drugs and Crime written by Angie Heal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the life histories of Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade, including wholesalers, street dealers, specialist cooks, cutters, and growers. Employing a life history approach, their autobiographical accounts are examined to provide an in-depth and unique insight of their journeys into drugs and crime.
Download or read book Family Group Conferences in Social Work written by Edwards, Deanna and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2018-06-27 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family group conferences (FGCs) are a strengths-based approach to social work practice, empowering families to take responsibility for decision-making. It is a cost-effective service, which is currently used by the majority of local authorities. This collection discusses the origins and theoretical underpinnings of family led decision making and brings together the current research on the efficacy and limitations of FGCs into a single text. This insightful book also covers topics such as the use of FGCs in different areas of children and families social work, uses case studies to illustrate current practice, and explores whether FGCs should become a mainstream function of children and families social work.
