PUBLISHED: 00:01, 19 December 2012 | UPDATED: 00:36, 19 December 201
Nearly 50,000 criminals spared jail offend again within a year: MPs claim 'shocking' figures show failure by probation officers
"Convicts including violent thugs spared jail committed another offence
Tory MPs have said figures show a problem with the probation service
Justice Secretary announced plans to tackle entrenched reoffending
"Around 50,000 criminals who were spared jail went on to commit another crime within a year, figures revealed yesterday.
The convicts – including violent thugs, burglars and drug dealers – were handed community service or a suspended jail term, leaving them free to commit new crimes.
Within 12 months, a total of 49,636 offenders who were not put behind bars were convicted of another offence. Had they been jailed, they would have been unable to offend again."
"Tory MP Priti Patel said: ‘These are quite shocking figures. They demonstrate the true extent of reoffending.
‘There is clearly a problem with the probation service which is not working well to deal with this issue."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250255/Nearly-50-000-criminals-spared-jail-offend-year-MPs-claim-shocking-figures-failure-probation-officers.html
Showing posts with label Community Service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Community Service. Show all posts
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Thursday, 6 December 2012
At First, This Seems A Massive Victory ...
PUBLISHED: 00:33, 6 December 2012 | UPDATED: 07:56, 6 December 2012
Paedophiles [sic] who trade child porn [sic] will not be sent to prison: New sentencing laws suggest community punishments
"The Sentencing Council suggested 'high level community orders' for those convicted of trading or possessing child pornography [sic]
The current benchmark jail sentence for those with a small number of images is three months
Only those with pictures of children posing alone or small quantities of images of children engaged in sex acts, but not with adults are not jailed
Criminologist Dr David Green said it was 'sending the wrong message' [Move on, David, we have]"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243739/New-sentencing-laws-suggest-community-punishments-paedophiles.html#ixzz2EH3go2RW
New proposals give greater focus to impact of sex offences on victims
http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk/media/858.htm
Sexual Offences Guideline: Indecent images of children
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children
Indecent images of children, 146.1 kB (PDF document)
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children/supporting_documents/sexual%20offences_Indecent%20images%20of%20children.pdf
Guidelines_Indecent images of children, 98.2 kB (PDF document)
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children/supporting_documents/Guidelines_Indecent%20images%20of%20children.pdf
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Comment:
... but, until the draconian and, we argue, illegally-applied, SOPOs are abolished, one can sometimes wonder which is the worse outcome.
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Paedophiles [sic] who trade child porn [sic] will not be sent to prison: New sentencing laws suggest community punishments
"The Sentencing Council suggested 'high level community orders' for those convicted of trading or possessing child pornography [sic]
The current benchmark jail sentence for those with a small number of images is three months
Only those with pictures of children posing alone or small quantities of images of children engaged in sex acts, but not with adults are not jailed
Criminologist Dr David Green said it was 'sending the wrong message' [Move on, David, we have]"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243739/New-sentencing-laws-suggest-community-punishments-paedophiles.html#ixzz2EH3go2RW
New proposals give greater focus to impact of sex offences on victims
http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk/media/858.htm
Sexual Offences Guideline: Indecent images of children
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children
Indecent images of children, 146.1 kB (PDF document)
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children/supporting_documents/sexual%20offences_Indecent%20images%20of%20children.pdf
Guidelines_Indecent images of children, 98.2 kB (PDF document)
https://consult.justice.gov.uk/sentencing-council/indecent-images-children/supporting_documents/Guidelines_Indecent%20images%20of%20children.pdf
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Comment:
... but, until the draconian and, we argue, illegally-applied, SOPOs are abolished, one can sometimes wonder which is the worse outcome.
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Friday, 6 July 2012
Administrative Not Punitive?
Friday, July 06, 2012
Convicted sex offender said being on the register was 'biggest kick in the teeth'
"Opportunity
"I have an opportunity to work abroad again, not in the same country, but similar," he said.
"I don't know how being on the sex offenders register will affect my situation. It has been my biggest kick in the teeth."
His status as a sex offender was also "very testing" in his personal life because he was godfather to nephews and nieces, he said.
But Judge Hart told Fenemore there was nothing he could do because registration as a sex offender is automatic for a specified period depending on the sentence imposed.
"I wish you well for the future, I hope you can get your life back to normal," said the judge."
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/story-16492791-detail/story.html
Convicted sex offender said being on the register was 'biggest kick in the teeth'
"Opportunity
"I have an opportunity to work abroad again, not in the same country, but similar," he said.
"I don't know how being on the sex offenders register will affect my situation. It has been my biggest kick in the teeth."
His status as a sex offender was also "very testing" in his personal life because he was godfather to nephews and nieces, he said.
But Judge Hart told Fenemore there was nothing he could do because registration as a sex offender is automatic for a specified period depending on the sentence imposed.
"I wish you well for the future, I hope you can get your life back to normal," said the judge."
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/story-16492791-detail/story.html
Saturday, 12 May 2012
The Bishop And Wisdom
The Bishop and the Prisoner
"The Rt Rev James Jones, the Church of England's bishop for prisons, talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the prison system.
Episode 1
1/3. The Rt Rev James Jones visits Liverpool, High Down and Forest Bank prisons.
Episode 2
2/3. Redeeming the irredeemable? The Bishop of Liverpool talks to offenders and victims.
Episode 3
3/3. Going soft? The Bishop of Liverpool considers whether community sentencing works."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0194p7v
"The Rt Rev James Jones, the Church of England's bishop for prisons, talks to prisoners, politicians and pundits about the prison system.
Episode 1
1/3. The Rt Rev James Jones visits Liverpool, High Down and Forest Bank prisons.
Episode 2
2/3. Redeeming the irredeemable? The Bishop of Liverpool talks to offenders and victims.
Episode 3
3/3. Going soft? The Bishop of Liverpool considers whether community sentencing works."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0194p7v
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