Monday, June 06, 2005

�Re-offending will rise with new justice bill / Sunday Herald, 5 Jun 2005

http://www.sundayherald.com/50158
Paul Hutcheon,
"THE Scottish Executive's new criminal justice policy was in tatters last night after one of the civil servants tasked with its implementation said ministers would fail to reduce levels of re-offending. Tony Cameron, the chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), said recidivism would keep rising and insisted that community disposals, such as tagging, would backfire."