Nearly two thirds (64%) support government plans to fund 40 new Live Facial Recognition vans to scan faces in town centres and high crime areas to identify wanted criminals (17% oppose).
The Home Office has recently published in-depth MORI findings on public confidence in the criminal justice system www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/r221.pdf — pdf document, 120K
The public favour providing women offenders with drug treatment, mental health care and community sentences rather locking them up, according to new research from MORI for the Fawcett Society.
The MORI Social Research Institute on behalf of the Audit Commission has just completed research examining the expectations and experiences of victims and witnesses of crime through the Criminal Justice System, from initial reporting of crime and anti-social behaviour to sentencing and post-sentence support.
New MORI research finds two-thirds (64%) of the British population saying that they are against any form of counterfeiting. Six in 10 (59%) of the public say they are aware that counterfeiting can damage the economic well-being of businesses. The same percentage is also aware that some fake goods can put the purchaser at risk of injury or death. And there is a sense — shared by two-thirds of the public — that the government should do more to tackle the problem of counterfeiting.
The issue of punishment for first-time burglars finds the British public divided as to what would be the best approach, according to new data from the MORI Social Research Institute. The controversy over the issue began when Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice, said the average non-violent, non-professional first time burglar should not be jailed.
The deaths in Cambridgeshire of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have affected the way parents in the UK feel about the safety of their children, according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute.
