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ICT expenditure & budget information 20/10/11 - 2012/13

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. 

The review team were appointed by the Minister of Justice, David Ford MLA, in September 2010 to review access to justice in Northern Ireland, including criminal and civil legal aid, with a particular emphasis on alternative approaches to resolving disputes and securing value f

Freedom of information request and disclosure relating to the websites that are blocked to the prison population. 

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 both organised crime and anti-social behaviour.

Mrs Sunita Mason has presented, to the Minister, Part One and two of her review of the criminal record disclosure system for employment vetting in Northern Ireland.

This bulletin analyses the subsequent two-year reconviction rates of those adults (defined as those aged 18 or over) who received a non-custodial sentence or were released from prison in 2005.

The key aim of the evaluation is to assess the Inspire Women’s Project in relation to its key objectives: to provide a woman-centred approach; to provide women offenders with a framework within which they can address their offending behaviour and complex needs; to establ

This note is intended to assist bus hire and service operators to prepare for the commencement and working of section 40 of the Justice Act (NI) 2011.

The purpose of this guidance note is to assist sports authorities to prepare for the commencement and operation of the sports law provisions of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 and specifically sections 35 to 40, section 50 and schedule 3 of the Act.

Northern Ireland Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2011

This statement sets out the Youth Justice Agency’s operational arrangements for giving Ministers and their briefing officials’ pre-release access to official statistics once they are in their final form prior to publication.

This statement describes the administrative/ management sources which the Youth Justice Agency currently use to produce official statistics, differentiating between those sources which are owned and managed by the Agency and those administered or managed by other organisations

In April 2010, the Department of Justice commissioned a research team from Queen's University Belfast and the NSPCC to undertake a study on the experiences of young witnesses giving evidence in courts in Northern Ireland in order to inform policy and practice in this juris

PPE guidance document which sets out the criteria surrounding PPE. 

Summary of responses.  The Bribery Act 2010 (which extends to Northern Ireland) introduces a new corporate offence of failure to prevent bribery by people working on its behalf.

This bulletin is based on the third administration of the Northern Ireland Victim and Witness Survey covering the year 2010/11.

This bulletin draws on findings from the 2009/10 Northern Ireland Crime Survey (NICS), a representative, continuous, personal interview survey of the experiences and perceptions of crime of 4,102 adults living in private households throughout Northern Ireland.

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 the perceived level of harm caused by organised crime.

The Department of Justice supports the Minister of Justice in building a fair, just and safer society and is responsible for the resourcing, legislative and policy framework of the justice system.