Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Society and Culture: Issues: Crime and Justice
See also: - Independent organisation working with the Criminal Justice System to promote the effective practice of working with criminal offenders - A social policy and criminal justice think tank. Includes news archive and project details. - Daily news service and information exchange about criminal justice in Scotland. - Full text of the findings of the Lords of Appeal for Judgment. - Aims to raise public awareness about the dangers and possible consequences of drinking and driving. Provides a list of UK approved offender courses, BAC calculator, court guide, legal advice and sentencing guidelines. - News, comment and backgrounders on issues and specific crimes plus video clips and web resources. - Ongoing coverage includes news, comment, analysis and backgrounders plus the prison diaries of Erwin James. - Provides a detailed account of the events of April the 15th, 1989. Includes a 20 minute video. - Supporting the fight for justice for the 96 victims of the disaster. Provides a history of the disaster, details of the campaign and information on Liverpool Football Club. - A national newspaper for prisoners. Includes news, articles and letters. - Site critical of the UK Social Services, NSPCC and CAFCASS, as well as the law enforcement and justice system which defends them. Details procedures which the author argues are unjust or inhumane. - Organisation dedicated to exposing chronic failures within the legal system which has resulted in innocent people being convicted. Provides links to a number of campaigns demanding justice. - The National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders. Works with ex-offenders, disadvantaged people and deprived communities. Includes campaign news and events diary. - Selected archive of news and analysis including exclusive online commentary. - Online resource for police recruitment and general policing information in the UK. Includes police news, history and background information on police ranks and pay scales. - Publishes The Prisons Handbook and maintains the Institute of Prison Law. - Anti death penalty organisation. Information on Britons on death row worldwide, on the death penalty in the Caribbean and in the USA. Links to like-minded institutions. - National charity for road crash victims. Includes campaign details and fund raising events. - Online version of Final Report and Action Plan progress associated with Sir William Macpherson's Inquiry into the death of Stephen Lawrence on 22 April 1993 to identify the lessons to be learned for the investigation and prosecution of racially motivated crimes. Final report February 1999, action plans ongoing. - Offering approved offender courses for those convicted of drink-driving. Details of courses, on-line application and contact details. - Supports democratic and community movements for environmental and social justice. - Independent charity, working for humane and effective reform of the penal system in England and Wales: consultative status with UN, NGO working with the UK Government. - Aims to create a just, humane, and effective penal system. Research, publications, current projects, and event information. - Campaigns for better facilities for serving prisoners, and to support ex-offenders in rebuilding their lives. Includes campaign news.
