8:10AM BST 14 Oct 2012
Criminals to be named and shamed by Home Office
"Mugshots of convicted criminals are to be published on a Government website in a move to name and shame offenders.
Members of the public will be able to enter their postcode and see a “rogues’ gallery” of local convicts who have recently been handed jail terms.
The service, called “In The Dock”, will be introduced gradually on the police.uk website from the end of this month.
Ministers hope it will boost confidence in the criminal justice system, while also drawing a line under recent cases where police have declined to issue photographs of criminals or suspects because of human rights laws or concerns over privacy.
Victims of crime will have the opportunity to give their view on whether their attacker’s mugshot should be publicised.
Publishing photographs of convicted paedophiles [sic] and sex offenders has not been ruled out, a Home Office spokesman said, but each offender will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
Initially, the new service will feature offenders from West Yorkshire Police, which already publishes the mugshots on its website, but ministers expect other forces to follow suit.
Damian Green, the police minister, said: “When someone breaks into your home or robs your local shop, you want to see them properly punished and held to account for their actions.
“So we will be placing mugshots of convicted criminals on our trailblazing crime mapping website so that justice is seen to be done in the truest sense."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9606771/Criminals-to-be-named-and-shamed-by-Home-Office.html
6:54PM BST 11 Oct 2012
Flagship crime map website 'less useful than a newsletter'
"Members of the public would rather find out about crime in their neighbourhoods through a local paper or a simple police newsletter than a flagship Government website, according to an official report."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9602791/Flagship-crime-map-website-less-useful-than-a-newsletter.html
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