Victims of Crime and Community Justice: Justice Rebalanced?
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The organised crime bill will break new ground by introducing a "super-asbo" - a serious crime prevention order - which will be used to disrupt the activities of major gangsters in the run-up to their trials, or minor players by freezing their assets and other measures. The fraud trials without jury bill, which is to be the first Home Office bill to be published, will scrap the use of juries in serious fraud cases on the approval of the lord chief justice.
In the past four years there were 26 fraud trials that lasted more than six months. The final piece of Home Office legislation, the offender management bill, will abolish local probation boards and allow regional offender managers to commission probation services from the voluntary and private sectors as well as the probation service.
It will also strengthen the law against smuggling banned articles into prison.
Clearly and concisely, he challenges victim advocates to act in interests of victims. A spokesman for Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, added: John Thornhill, chairman of the Magistrates' Association, quoted one example when a man was kicked and punched by three men, an offence caught on CCTV, but the culprits were charged with threatening behaviour. But Roger Howard of Crime Concern, the national crime prevention organisation, welcomed the measures: We have reason to suppose that there is a tendency to accept inappropriate pleas. He won international awards for his role in getting the UN General Assembly to adopt the magna carta for crime victims.
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats' home affairs spokesman, said there had already been 59 Home Office bills creating more than 3, new offences since , yet reoffending rates had risen and fear of crime remained alarmingly high. This is panic, push-button government at its worst.
Juliet Lyon of the Prison Reform Trust added that prison numbers had risen from 60, in to almost 80, today. Despite Mr Blair promising social inclusion and public safety in , he had ended up seeking solutions in prison and punishment instead of health, education and communities.
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But Roger Howard of Crime Concern, the national crime prevention organisation, welcomed the measures: Sir Alan Beith, chairman of the committee, added: The Government propagates this idea that the CPS is the victims' champion, but it isn't. Police officers told the committee some prosecutors were "risk averse" so they could hit conviction targets, while the Magistrates' Association raised the prospect of "plea bargaining by the back door".
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John Coppen, from the Police Federation, said officers believe the CPS are "reluctant to put before the a court anything other than cast iron cases so better to meet their performance targets". We have reason to suppose that there is a tendency to accept inappropriate pleas. Stephen Wooler, the Chief Inspector of the CPS, raised concerns over the growth of cases which don't reach court, such as cautions and on-the-spot fines.
Victims of crime failed by justice system, says MPs' report
He warned that in some parts of the country, people who overfill wheelie bins or drive in bus lanes are fined more than those guilty of shoplifting or criminal damage. He called for a "form of scrutiny" over the ways the powers are being used amid concerns they are "less subject to judicial process".
MPs were told that no further action is taken in a fifth of occasions where offenders breach conditional cautions. Figures earlier this year showed less than half of suspects in cases considered solved by the police are actually charged or summonsed, with the rest not reaching court. We are determined to meet those expectations.
'Smarter justice' plans aim to rebalance system in favour of victim
A spokesman for Baroness Scotland, the Attorney General, added: Accessibility links Skip to article Skip to navigation. Monday 17 December Victims of crime failed by justice system, says MPs' report Victims of crime are being failed by the justice system, which is weighted in favour of criminals, a damning report by MPs has warned. He told the Daily Telegraph the concern was whether such moves were "fair on the victim".