Press Releases
| Prison and probation spending soared under Labour, new report shows. Embargo: 00.01 hours, Friday, July 16, 2010 (16/07/10) |
Spending on the prison and probation system in England and Wales has grown by 36 percent in real terms since 2004 despite a major reorganisation that was meant to save money, a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has found. Prison and probation expenditure 1999 - 2009 found that spending on the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) - which combines the costs of operating the prison, probation and headquarters function - rose in real terms from £3.6 billion in 2004/05 to £4.9 billion in 2008/09. read more ...
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| Little evidence of success for Family Intervention Projects, report suggests. Embargo 00:01 Friday 25 June (25/06/10) |
There is little evidence to support the intensive Family Intervention Project (1) a new briefing published by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has concluded. read more ...
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| Spending on the police up by 50 percent over last decade, new report claims. Embargo: 00.01hrs, Thursday 13 May 2010 (13/05/10) |
Spending on the police in England and Wales grew by nearly 50 per cent between 1999 and 2009, according to a new report published today (13/05/10) by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies. Police expenditure 1999-2009, the first independent study of police authority spending over the last decade, found that police expenditure grew in real terms from £9.83 billion in 1998/1999 to £14.55 billion in 2008/2009. It also found that much of the burden of this rise fell on local council taxpayers, rather than the Home Office. read more ...
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| `Dear Minister...' experts write open letters to incoming government with advice about criminal justice policy - others critically examine New Labour's record. Embargo: 00.01 hours, Wednesday, 10 March 2010. (10/03/10) |
New Labour's criminal justice policies and past practices are critically examined and advice is offered to an incoming minister in the eve-of-election edition of Criminal Justice Matters (1), the magazine of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (2), published today. The pre-election issue, titled `End of an error', includes: read more ...
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