Rethinking On the Road

• What kind of people are in your local prison?
• How long do they spend there?
• What do offenders on community service actually do for you?
• What can victims expect from the system?
• How many defendants appear in your courts each year?
• How can you get involved in preventing crime or dealing with offenders?

Rethinking Crime and Punishment is hoping to answer these and other questions up and down the UK with a series of regional events during 2002.

The aim will be to encourage a better-informed debate at local level about how to deal with offenders. We want to involve a wide range of individuals and organisations up and down Britain, enabling them to find out more about how the criminal justice system is working locally and nationally.

As well as promoting well-informed discussion, we will be highlighting opportunities for ordinary citizens to get involved in preventing and dealing with crime. We hope that activities will include seminars for key local leaders, public meetings, and events linked to courts, prisons and community penalties. By encouraging media coverage, we hope to take the issues to a broader audience.

As soon as we can we'll give you know all the details on this page.

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