NCJ Number
155351
Date Published
1995
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This digest provides information on the British criminal justice system.
Abstract
The first section outlines news related to corrections; some topics covered include prisoner education, temporary release, prisoners' housing benefits, boot camps, probation reform, life sentences, victims rights, cost of crime, biological causes of crime, and the relationship between crime and unemployment. The second section, on facts and statistics, focuses on mentally disordered offenders. The section providing viewpoints describes the Labor Party's perspective on prisons and an opinion article on life sentences. The final section discusses parliamentary developments and discussions vis-a-vis issues such as suicide and self-harm in prisons, prison escapes, drug use among inmates, juvenile prisoners, violent offenders, foreign nationals serving life sentences, the use of electronic monitoring, and the cost of community orders.