Crime and security bill

Two things today related to the crime and security bill currently going through Parliament.
On Monday this week clause 41 of the crime and security bill sailed through the house of commons virtually unopposed. Just over a week since the bi-partisan justice select committee had stated plainly:
“Prison is a relatively ineffective way of reducing crime for [...]

January 21, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Government policy, Police  One Comment

Another Queen’s Speech another criminal justice bill

For one final time before an election in 2010 the government delivered their legislative agenda in the form of the Queen’s Speech and just like every other before it, the text made reference to yet another piece of justice legislation to clamp down on anti-social behaviour. The proposed Crime and Security Bill will widen the [...]

November 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Government policy, Inside prisons, Prisons  One Comment

Headline grabbing

Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, has been busy.  Today he is talking about extradition laws and the papers this morning are reporting his idea that the police should take mobile phones from young people as a punishment.  I support his scepticism about the effectiveness of anti-social behaviour orders but am concerned that people invent [...]

July 15, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Headline grabbing  One Comment