This Library briefing paper discusses recent reforms to pre-charge bail (also known as police bail) and their impact on victims and suspects. The paper also discusses Government proposals to further amend pre-charge bail to resolve problems caused by recent changes.
Documents to download
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Crime and Security Bill. Bill 3 2009-10. (500 KB, PDF)
The Bill would amend the law governing the taking, retention and destruction of fingerprints and DNA data from persons arrested for, charged with or convicted of criminal offences. It would reduce the requirements on the police to record information following a stop and search. It would introduce new 'go' orders for suspected perpetrators of domestic violence, which could mean excluding them from their homes in order to protect the victim.
The Bill would also, in effect, extend new injunctions for gang-related violence to 14-18 year olds, and require courts to issue a Parenting Order where a child under 16 had breached an Anti-social Behaviour Order. It would require wheel clamping companies to be licensed, and create a new offence of possessing an authorised mobile phone in a prison. It also creates a new offence of preventing a person under 18 from gaining unauthorised access to air weapons.
Documents to download
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Crime and Security Bill. Bill 3 2009-10. (500 KB, PDF)
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