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Campaigners claim that magistrates are failing to use community sentences because they are unsure of their effectiveness. Anabel Unity Sale reports on the measures taken to convince them otherwise ...

The UK Parliament’s Justice and Home Affairs Committee published an inquiry Thursday that suggested alternative methods must be put in place to reduce reoffending and the strain on Probation Service ...

The Colorado Supreme Court pondered an unusual question on Wednesday: When a previous decision relied on an analogy, but the circumstances of the analogy have since changed, is the prior decision ...

Offenders could be barred from pubs, concerts, and sporting venues under proposals to grant judges enhanced powers for imposing stricter community sentences in Wales and England. The changes are among ...