The criminal justice system is currently receiving unprecedented media attention. Whilst the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and the Woolf Report offered at least the possibility of a more humane system, Steve Collett of Merseyside Probation Service argues that the extensive coverage and analysis of the recent James Bulger murder and convictions has seriously set back the prospects for developing more effective and humane measures for the broad range of offenders.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
'The Criminal Justice Act: Trying To Make Sense Of It All', NAPO News, October 1993.
2.
The Guardian 29 November 1993.
3.
Gitta Sereny , 'Two Hearts in Darkness', Independent on Sunday, 28 November 1993.
4.
The Independent on Sunday 28 November 1993.
5.
'All Flaws and Order', The Guardian 11 November 1993.
6.
The Guardian 13 October 1993.
7.
The Guardian 25 November 1993.
8.
Box, S.Recession, Crime and Punishment, Macmillan, 1993.
