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Survey finds sexual offences and human trafficking are top policing priorities for public

Sexual offences and human trafficking were the top two policing priorities identified by members of the public in 2020, a survey has found. Robberies, illegal weapons, assaults and drugs offences were the next top priorities, according to the survey ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:33

Ireland

Sexual offences and human trafficking are top policing priorities for public

18 Aug 2022 at 13:47

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Sexual offences and human trafficking are top policing priorities for public

18 Aug 2022 at 23:33

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€116,000 for local organisations supporting victims of crime in Kilkenny

Fine Gael TD, John Paul Phelan, has welcomed the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD’s announcement of funding totalling €4.6 million for more than 60 organisations to support victims of crime, including €116,000 for local ...

25 Mar 2022 at 13:33

Scotland

Organisations helping victims of crime to share £48m in Government cash

Organisations which help victims of crime in Scotland will share £48 million in grant funding from the Scottish Government over the next three years. More than 20 groups will share the money from the Victim Centred Approach ...

31 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Scotland

Victim Notification Scheme falls short on human touch, review finds

Scotland’s Victim Notification Scheme (VNS) falls short of being trauma-informed, a review of the initiative has found. The VNS provides victims of crime with information on the perpetrator, including release dates, and ...

12 May 2023 at 13:21

Scotland

Efforts to reduce re-traumatisation of victims outlined amid justice reforms

A framework to reduce the risk of re-traumatisation of victims and witnesses of crime has been introduced to aid changes to the justice system. The trauma-informed justice: a knowledge and skills framework has been ...

03 May 2023 at 13:02

Justice system can seem inexplicable to crime victims, minister says

The criminal justice system can seem “impenetrable and even inexplicable” to crime victims, a Government minister has admitted. Victims and sentencing minister Edward Argar was speaking at a summit in central ...

10 Mar 2023 at 15:32

Scotland

MSPs urged to reconsider plans to create victims’ commissioner for Scotland

The head of Scottish Women’s Aid has called on MSPs to reconsider plans to appoint a victims’ commissioner. The Scottish Government proposes to create the post in wide-ranging legislation, which would also ...

04 Oct 2023 at 12:49

Scotland

Minister in the witness box during court visit to mark Victims Awareness Week

Victims minister Siobhian Brown stepped into the witness box as she visited a court, and told how the experience helped her understand the “emotional, psychological and physical impact of giving evidence”....

22 Feb 2024 at 12:04

Scotland

Yousaf urged to grant automatic anonymity to child murder victims

Scores of grieving families have urged First Minister Humza Yousaf to grant an automatic right of anonymity to all children who are murdered. Sixty-five families who have been bereaved as a result of ...

19 Jan 2024 at 21:31

Scotland

We must stop sending more people to jail – what Justice Secretary told meeting

Scotland needs to stop sending so many people to prison, the Justice Secretary told campaigners last year, it has emerged. Minutes of a meeting between Angela Constance and the Howard League – a ...

21 Jan 2024 at 00:01

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