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“Progress being made with female offenders” Holyrood.com
“Prison alternative toasts success” Big Issue
“Progress with female offenders” Law Society Journal Online
Press release
“Time out for female offenders” Scot. Exec.
See also
Evaluation of the 218 Centre (April 2006)
218 Centre
“Why was tagged youth free to murder outside home, judge asks” Herald
“Judge’s anger over youth who committed murder despite being tagged by Reliance” Scotsman
“The killer who was tagged” Daily Record 27.4.06
“Judge’s anger over youth who committed murder despite being tagged by Reliance” Scotsman
“Killer’s electronic tag wrongly set by Reliance official” Herald
“Jury still out on tagging” Herald
“Why a criminal was free to kill” Herald
“Tag is just part of process to reclaim lost lives” Herald
“Fury over tagged youth who killed man” Evening Times
“Human error let tag youth out to murder” Scotsman
“Tag blunder due to ‘human error’” BBC
“Human error blamed for tagging blunder” Law Society Journal Online
“Judge questions failure of tagging order” Law Society Journal Online
“MEP backs CIA kidnap claims” Times
“1,000 secret CIA flights revealed” Guardian
“CIA accused over 1000 flights” Herald
Earlier stories
“Terror prison leaks prompt CIA sacking” Scotland on Sunday 23.4.06
“100 landings on Scots soil by US jets with torture links” Scotsman
See also
EU Parliament news page. Report not up at time of posting.
“Shots through the heart of a torn commmunity” Evening News
Posted by MM on Thu 27th Apr 2006 at 7:33 am“Police call for every officer to be issued Taser gun” Scotsman
“Police have a case for stun guns” Scotsman
Two new articles have been added to our series this week.
In the first, Fergus McNeill, considers how desistance research may inform new ways of thinking about criminal justice social work with offenders. Find his article A New Paradigm for Social Work with Offenders? here.
In the second, Fiona Southward of the Scotth Law Commission, reviews the current discussion paper on sexual offences and calls for comments on it in her article on Making Sense of Rape and Other Sexual Offences here.
Do get in touch if you would like to suggest an article for the site that informs and stimulates thinking about some aspect of Scottish criminal justice from a range of pespectives. For example, we would be especially interested in hearing from practitioners about issues relating to children and antisocial behaviour orders. Contact munro@cjscotland.org.uk .
“Officers’ call for street policing” Courier
“Warnings that workload is affecting the number of police on the beat” Scottish TV
See also
Scottish Police Federation Conference 2006: Chairman’s speech
Update
“Not totalitarian - but guilty of creeping authoritarianism” Guardian
“Home Secretary criticised by judges over civil liberties” Independent
Following posted on 25.4.06
“Clarke rounds on ‘poisoners’ among liberal media critics” Guardian
“Lazy and deceitful” Guardian. Charles Clarke.
“Blair turns on critics of his ‘illiberal’ agenda” Independent
“So who’s really talking drivel, Mr Clarke?” Independent
“Success stories - but are ASBOs all good news?” Scotsman
“Threat to liberty is a distortion, says Clarke” Daily Telegraph
“Charles Clarke protests too much” Telegraph
Following posted on 24.4.06
“Blair’s plan to drive out criminals draws fresh fears for civil liberties” Scotsman
“Blair keeps hard-line stance on antisocial behaviour” Herald
“No excuses please, Mr Home Secretary” Independent. Leader.
“If you still think you live in a liberal and democratic society, then please read on” Independent
“Charles Clarke: ‘Ordinary people have the right to be protected’” Independent
“The battle for civil liberties: Government on offensive after criticism of ‘authoritarian’ laws” Independent
“Muddled thoughts of Clarke and Blair” Guardian
“Britain’s liberties: The great debate” Observer
“Liberty and the state - a debate that had to happen” Observer
Press release
“The news we deserve - Charles Clarke to speak at LSE” LSE Press Office
See also
Attlee Foundation. (Lord Steyn’s lecture - link not up at time of posting)
“Police under fire over cuts plan” Evening News
“New police office for communities” BBC
“‘We don’t want ranks for police specials’” Herald
“Beating the path to a new job” Herald