Sentences with phrase «serious offenders»

The ICC itself can naturally deal only with a small number of the most serious offenders, so the main burden must fall upon the individual states.
The number of serious offenders who broke their probation conditions has gone up the past year, but there are fewer committing serious offences, new figures show.
Start by cutting back on the more serious offenders, such as sweetened foods or alcohol.
He said too many serious offenders were «getting away with it» because police officers were «too inclined to take the easy option».
The prime minister is likely to promise new legislation before the summer recess and also call for changes in the way decisions are made about the release of serious offenders.
In his statement to MPs yesterday, Mr Reid said that of the 540 most serious offenders in the backlog of cases, 260 had now been uploaded onto the Acpo database, but admitted 280 people remained unidentified.
For juveniles, imprisonment is always available and will also be appropriate for serious offenders
Ms Smith said she wants all people who have been convicted of serious crime in the system, saying: «No matter when they were convicted, I want to see the most serious offenders on the database.»
«But it is not necessarily the best route for less serious offenders who may lose their job, their accommodation and their family ties after a short period of imprisonment,» he continued.
The government has accused the Conservatives of letting serious offenders escape justice after peers voted yesterday to change extradition arrangements with the US.
In a society where the people are widely committed to the right rather than to the advancement of their own interests and the satisfaction of their own desires, the censoring functions of government can be reserved for the occasional serious offender who escapes other controls.
Religionists themselves are serious offenders here.
Since Washington, a standout receiver with the 49ers from 1969 through» 77, assumed his post five years ago, the league has been more vigilant, enforcing the rules and penalizing serious offenders.
She added: «Driving without care or consideration for other road users is probably among the worst kind of anti-social behaviour in its truest sense, because serious offenders can, and do, kill.»
John Reid faces renewed criticism of the handling of the foreign prisoners scandal, after figures released by the Home Office show that 28 of the 189 foreign serious offenders wrongly freed from prison are still at large in the UK.
Officials credited the NYPD's «precision policing» approach — which has officers zero in on more serious offenders like gang members instead of those committing minor crimes — as well as the department's new neighborhood policing model.
In marked contrast to his predecessor, Charles Kennedy, Sir Menzies said that serious offenders such as Soham killer Ian Huntley should not have a vote while in prison.
Instead of relying on the Canadian criminal justice system to punish serious offenders in accordance with the law, to rehabilitate offenders, and working to reintegrate them into society, the federal government will deport potentially dangerous individuals to countries where they could pursue further violence against Canada and others.
The fact that the illegal firearm possession provisions are hybrid offences is a «safety valve» to ensure that the least serious offenders are not facing three years in prison wrote Moldaver.
The primary object of the IPP was to detain in prison serious offenders who posed a significant risk to members of the public of causing serious harm by further serious offences until they no longer posed such a risk.
Data collected over a period of years show that antisocial behavior among young people predicts school dropout, and there is ample evidence of high dropout rates among aggressive girls.27 Data from the Ohio Serious Offender Study indicates that only 16.8 percent of incarcerated females graduate from high school.28 Consequently, antisocial women tend, later in life, to have lower occu - pational status, more frequent job changes, and greater reliance on welfare than non-offender females.29
Recidivism among adolescent serious offenders: Prediction of entry into the correctional system for adults.
Shadow home affairs minister Edward Garnier said: «There is no doubt that the supervision of post-custody offenders in the community and of serious offenders released on parole has been patchy, to say the least, with terrible consequences in a few cases.
The John Howard Society report ends with an observation which is the crux of the debate on the effects and impacts of incarceration versus rehabilitation of those accused of crimes: «Perhaps the solution to inmate suicide lies in more discriminate and appropriate use of incarceration, keeping less serious offenders in the community and making better use of mental health facilities for inmates with mental health concerns».
He confirmed that five of the 540 most serious offenders had been checked by employers when they were not on the database, but none of these had been convicted for serious or violent crimes.
The government's interference with judicial sentencing tariffs by demanding longer sentences for serious offenders has spectacularly backfired.
Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Any review of bail hostels must explain why they are being used to house more serious offenders, instead of the lower risk people who used to occupy most beds.
Fortunately or not (depending on which figure you ask), the #MeToo movement brought out a short list of serious offenders in the publishing industry.
One of the most troubling aspects of the European Court ruling is that it opens the door to the possibility of serious offenders being given the vote.
Not the least of alternative sentencing's benefits is that it frees up the prison space we so desperately need to lock up serious offenders who pose an immanent threat to society — and keep them locked up for a long time.
The serious offenders are already using encryption and other technical means to hide their activities, which blocking by ISPs will not affect.
Will he explain how the Government would ensure that serious offenders are not given the vote?
Mr Blair responded with his usual statement about how overall crime had fallen since Labour came to power in 1997, the number of failed asylum seekers being removed had doubled and tougher sentences had been brought in for serious offenders.
Serious offenders can not use Article 8 as the joker to wheel, pull out, trump deportation.
This appears to contradict the claims made by David Hanson MP who, in 2008, said prison «is not necessarily the best route for less serious offenders» and community sentencing «cuts the likelihood of re-offending on release, and in doing so cuts crime».
«However, we should not be squandering taxpayers» money to monitor non-dangerous and less serious offenders.
«However imprisonment should continue to be used to protect the public from the most serious offenders - those who are violent, dangerous or seriously persistent.»
«We believe that constructive community sentences can play an important role in reducing re-offending among less serious offenders,» she said.
«Under the proposed legislation, the most serious offenders will continue to be prosecuted in the adult criminal courts.
Michael Wills, a Justice Minister, said that the Government was inclined to only grant less serious offenders a vote.
Serious offenders have received phone calls ordering them to «come in and meet with the Five Families,» according to two sources.
Reddit users listed some of the most serious offenders, including «I hate fake people,» «I love to laugh,» and «I don't like drama.»
«At Colby, there is an ongoing concern about the drinking culture, and by and large the most serious offenders are men.
Based at district headquarters, Success Academy is an alternative setting for the most serious offenders.
ASIC has successfully obtained jail terms for the most serious offenders.
Another serious offender is the asynchronous multiplayer challenges and leaderboards, which is the response to the exclusion of a cooperative multiplayer mode.
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