Smarter justice: Scotland has been praised for its efforts to move towards more community sentences [holyrood.com]

Alicia Doktor 10/27/174:00 AM

Scotland has one of the highest prison populations per capita in Western Europe, but it has been dropping in the past few years from a high in 2011-12.

Initiatives such as ‘No Knives, Better Lives’ and the work of the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) have been successful in tackling violent crime in Scotland and the crime rate has continually fallen.

And although the Scottish Government could rarely be accused of making changes to the justice system too quickly, often taking years to consult, research, pilot, consult again, the consensus is that it is moving in the right direction, away from incarceration and towards community-based alternatives, where possible.

[For more on this story by Jenni Davidson, go to http://www.holyrood.com/articl...ts-move-towards-more]

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