Serious criminal cases are taking longer to process than at any point in the last 15 years, according to research by a victims’ charity. The analysis of Ministry of Justice
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Scotland’s new strategy to prevent children and young people from offending has been announced by Justice Secretary Michael Matheson as latest figures show the number of under 18s in custody
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Social workers whose names are mentioned in court could be forced to quit because of being “publicly pilloried”, a new report has warned. Unison called on employers to offer more
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The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research’s (SCCJR) Annual Report was published this week, providing an overview of the work of staff and students in 2014-15. The report contains
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Woodlands Juvenile Justice Centre must be redesigned to take account of the needs of older children according to a new report by Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJI). Inspectors also
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The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has undertaken a scoping exercise with frontline staff in the criminal justice system to find out what kinds of difficulties they face when
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The criminal justice system has failed to act on recommendations to improve the way disability hate crime is dealt with, inspectors have warned. A report published in March 2013 found
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Most “ordinary people” are at risk of being deprived of access to justice by a “perfect storm” of financial difficulties, according to the UK’s most senior judge. Supreme Court president
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A pilot project which reduces reoffending and supports around 750 prisoners and ex-offenders every year will be extended to March 2017. An additional £200,000 funding from the Scottish Government means
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The latest year’s statistics on criminal justice social work have been published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician. Figures from ‘Criminal justice social work statistics: 2013-14’ show that the successful completion rate
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