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“Another asylum seeking family removed from Scotland” Scottish TV
“Greens say dawn raid protocol urgent” Holyrood.com
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 27.10.05: Asylum Seekers (Forced Removal)
“Minister welcome for ASBO increase” Daily Record 28. 10 05
“Record 210 Scots are on ASBOS” Scotsman
“Large increase in Asbos welcomed” BBC
“More Scots than ever on ASBOs” Holyrood.com
“Number of Asbos granted jumps 42%” Evening Times
Press release
“Progress on tackling antisocial behaviour” Scot. Exec.
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 27.10.05: Antisocial Behaviour Orders
“Staff at a Glasgow lab are the quiet heroes in bid to crack crime”
Evening Times
See also
Strathclyde University: Centre for Forensic Science
“Inverness prisoners may get a role fighting racism” Press and Journal
See also
Heartstone
“Young offenders jail to ease overcrowding” Scotsman
Posted by MM on Fri 28th Oct 2005 at 7:51 am“Top cop’s warning on new knife laws” Evening Times
“Police chief says new knives law ‘won’t make a difference’ ” Scotsman
See also
Justice 2 Committee 26.10.05: Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
“Why Scotland body-swerved a new law on religious hate” Herald
See also
Tackling religious hatred. Report of the cross-party working group on religious hatred (12/02)
Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 s.74
“Sword fraternity finds new plans for sales crackdown hard to swallow” Herald
“Group’s plea over sword sale ban” BBC
See also
Scottish Parliament Petitions’ Committee
Sword petition site
“Police forces in call for funding ” BBC
“Police chiefs want deficit to be arrested” Evening News
“Justice minister clash with police over funding” Scotsman
“Public at risk from underfunding of police force ” Scottish TV
Links to Committees’ minutes will be posted later.
Posted by MM on Thu 27th Oct 2005 at 7:32 am“Open prison report published ” Holyrood.com
“Open jail ‘a recipe for drug taking’” Daily Record 27.10.05
“Open jails in Tayside slated for drugs use” Courier
“A recipe for drug taking” Evening Telegraph
“Scotland’s Chief Inspector of Prisons criticises living conditions” Grampian TV
“Jail dorms are a recipe for drugs - watchdog” Press and Journal
Press release
“ Open prison estate report published” Scot. Exec.
See also
HMIP - Report on The Open Estate