Publications

The Department of Justice launched a public consultation in June 2012 on proposals to extend the use of live video-links in certain court proceedings.

Guidance on the Working Arrangements for the Welfare and Protection of Adult Victims of Human Trafficking has been issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

This Newsletter provides an update of the changes within AccessNI

The Minister of Justice established the Prison Review Oversight Group to provide critical analysis of progress to date, on the Prison Review Team recommendations, and suggestions for improvement.

Each annual report sets out an assessment of human trafficking in the UK by the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking (IDMG), recognising that human trafficking is an international crime that touches people and communities all over the world.

The Framework Document sets out the arrangements for the governance, accountability, financing, staffing and operation of the Northern Ireland Prison Service.

This update presents the most recent statistics on the level of public confidence in policing and the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland as well as public perceptions of anti-social behaviour. 

This bulletin presents convictions data for all courts, magistrates’ court and the Crown Court which are broken down by calendar year, crime category and gender for 2007 & 2008.

Northern Ireland Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2012

Joint Action Plan published to deliver on the objectives of the “Tackling Violence at Home” Strategy (published October 2005) and the “Tackling Sexual Violence and Abuse” Strategy (published June 2008). 

This note reminds Registered and Umbrella Bodies of these changes, what the change means and how you complete the AccessNI Disclosure Application from 10 September 2012.

This update presents the most recent statistics on the level of public confidence in policing and the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland as well as public perceptions of anti-social behaviour.

This report presents workload statistics for the last five financial years for the operational directorates of the Youth Justice Agency (YJA). From 2007 to 2011 this includes Youth Conference and Community Services and the Custodial Services.

Building Safer, Shared and Confident Communities’ sets the direction for reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and fear of crime in Northern Ireland over the next five years.

The Northern Ireland Prison Service (N.I.P.S) uses a facility named the Prisoner Assessment Unit as a base from which to test life sentence and long term prisoners in the community.

Consultation report on proposals to vary the firearm licensing fees and other miscellaneous amendments.

The role of the Board is to assess arrangements for the control, management and operation of the local DNA database and criminal DNA profiling, assessing compliance with relevant legislation, and that practice and procedures are developed in line with national o

The three main objectives of this action plan are:  Improving access to justice, Bringing legal aid expenditure within budget and Improving governance and accountability of legal aid.

This Newsletter provides an update on changes within AccessNI

This bulletin is based on findings from the 2009/10 and 2010/11 Northern Ireland Crime Surveys (NICS).