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crime and justice Articles

The new Women’s Safety Commission

Coalition economic policies have hit woman’s purses more than twice as hard as men’s wallets but now what Yvette Cooper has called a ‘blind spot’ about services to help women has taken a more sinister turn. Cuts in public spending, particularly to legal aid, local...
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Tougher on the causes of crime

Crime is a Labour issue and it is about to start rising. Crime need not rise, if the government were to act, but it will. In about six months, the headlines will appear.  Labour needs to have cemented the idea that the prevention and detection of crime is a...
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Giving victims a voice

The coalition should appoint a new victims’ commissioner without delay Louise Casey did an excellent job as the first victims and witnesses commissioner – a Labour government innovation. However, more than a month since her resignation, the coalition are still...
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Appoint a new Victims’ Commissioner

Last month Louise Casey resigned as Victims’ Commissioner to take up a new role at the Department for Communities and Local Government. Over a month later, the justice secretary has yet to appoint a new Victims’ Commissioner. Last week, when I asked the justice...
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