QMC Criminology

AC3.4

Evaluate the effectiveness of agencies in achieving social control

Government sponsored agencies - Police

Met Police may be failing to spot serial killers like Stephen Port - watchdogThe watchdog says police could still be missing murders nearly a decade after Stephen Port's crimes.

Baroness Casey: Metropolitan Police Review

www.met.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/met/about-us/baroness-casey-review/update-march-2023/baroness-casey-review-march-2023a.pdf

Greater Manchester Police 'failed to record 80,000 crimes in a year'Greater Manchester Police "let down" crime victims and closed cases prematurely, a report finds.

Poppi Worthington death: 'Everything being done' to prevent police blundersSince Poppi's death Cumbria Police has acted on 250 recommendations for improvements.

Farnham puppy farm murderer John Lowe dies in hospiceJohn Lowe was jailed for 25 years for the double murder of his partner and her daughter in 2014.

Police statistics

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/901028/crime-outcomes-1920-hosb1720.pdf

Government sponsored agencies - Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

CPS and police 'routinely failing' to disclose evidenceAttorney general calls for zero tolerance of any failures to hand over relevant material

CPS 'struggling to cope' in disclosing evidence to defendants – reportCrown Prosecution Service fails to provide proper charging advice ‘due to lack of resources’

Met Police apologise for Liam Allan rape case errorsLiam Allan, 22, endured "two years of mental torture" prior to charges against him being dropped.

Activists slam report finding 'no fault' with CPS rape case decisionsCampaigners have criticised inspectors who found no fault with the way prosecutors decide to bring rape cases to court despite the number of charges plummeting.

‘Overwhelmed’ justice system failing victims of crime, CPS chief warns

Exclusive: Max Hill KC says a barrister shortage has left the CPS ‘ringing around’ to find lawyers for trials

This is an intersting article where the Chief Constable of the West Midlands police is asking to 'take back' the charging decisions of the CPS due to delays.

The austerity-hit CPS can’t cope and people aren’t getting justice. We, the police, want the power to fix that

Craig Guildford, John Robins and Stephen Watson

Government sponsored agencies - The Judiciary

Timothy Brehmer’s sentence increased by the Court of AppealTimothy Brehmer has had his jail sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) scheme.

Over 30 years of the Unduly Lenient Sentence schemeThe ULS scheme came into force on 1 February 1989

Joseph McCann and Reynhard Sinaga: Notorious rapists whose crimes 'shocked the nation' have jail terms increased to 40 yearsJoseph McCann and Reynhard Sinaga carried out "some of the most heinous and depraved sexual attacks".

Criminal court statistics quarterly: April to June 2020

Judiciary in the communityThere is often a perception that judges are remote from the communities they serve and that they have little idea of ‘real life’. It is difficult to dispel this myth because invariably only those decisions deemed to be controversial will be seen in public, which perhaps then leads to the perception that judges are out […]

Call for family judge training after 'outdated comments' on rapeJudge criticised for finding woman was not raped because she took ‘no physical steps’ to stop man

Lavinia Woodward: Sentencing judge investigatedIan Pringle QC gave Lavinia Woodward a suspended sentence for stabbing her boyfriend.

Government sponsored agencies - Prisons

10 New Prison Facts From The Summer 2022 Bromley Briefing - Russell WebsterSome of the most interesting facts and figures from the Summer 2022 Bromley Briefing prison factfile.

Winchester Prison riot: 150 inmates moved outInmates used furniture to break the walls of their cells at HMP Winchester.

Prison riot caused 'significant damage' as 18 inmates movedPrison officer hit with a pool ball inside a sock

Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: Winter 2022 | Prison Reform Trust

Prison riot sees £180,000 damage as inmates took over wingOfficers had to be removed for their own safety during the incident

Government sponsored agencies - Probation

Probation services renationalised after 'disastrous' part-privatisation by Chris GraylingUnpaid work and behaviour programmes handed out as part of community sentences to be run by government body

Re-offending fears as probation service 'fails to learn from past mistakes'Inspectors say 20% of reviews failed to properly judge if "reasonable steps had been taken to manage the risk of serious harm".

Zara Aleena: Law graduate's aunt says probation officers have 'blood on their hands'A report finds that failings by probation officers left sexual predator Jordan McSweeney able to stalk and kill Zara Aleena just days after he was released from prison.

Probation service: Offender supervision to be renationalisedChris Grayling's part-privatisation of the probation system is reversed after a series of failings.

Joanna Dennehy was on probation at time of murdersService says lessons have been learned in case of serial killer who murdered three men in 2013

Use this case to evaluate the Probation Service

Sex offenders: Public not protected enough, say inspectorsSome sex offenders were put in budget hotels after leaving prison - rather than monitored bail hostels.

Probation officer supervising Conner Marshall killer was 'overwhelmed'Officer for serial offender David Braddon tells inquest she was juggling 60 cases

Use this case to evaluate the probation service particularly CRCS

www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprobation/research/the-evidence-base-probation/specific-types-of-delivery/intensive-community-programmes/

Read this government report to evaluate some of the strengths of Intensive Community Orders.

Charities and pressure groups

www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/

www.princes-trust.org.uk/

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