Historically, domestic abuse has been understood as a predominantly male-perpetrated crime against female victims – as an instrument of male control over female partners. However, contemporary reviews ...

A plan to enable a time-limited pilot of single-judge trials for rape and attempted rape cases will not be pursued, says the ...

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher . With police officer numbers at an all-time low, Jon Boutcher said he wants to see the justice ...

The Review of the Retention of Biometric Data provided under sections 18 to 19C of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 ...

A former police chief superintendent has been appointed as the new Prisoner Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. Darrin Jones, who ...

The Secretary of State has approved an extension to Baroness Newlove’s term as Victims’ Commissioner until the end of ...

A new vocational qualification that formally recognises the ‘on the job’ learning undertaken by police constables entering ...

Ninety-one per cent of respondents to a survey conducted by the Federation of Independent Retailers (the Fed) called for more ...

Mr Hay said the “ramifications of the prosecution and outcome are being felt UK-wide” and took aim at the Crown Prosecution ...

A serving Thames Valley Police officer has been charged in connection with a corruption investigation. PC Jonathan Fallon, 21 ...

Police officers in Scotland will withdraw their goodwill as of 5pm today (November 1) in a dispute over pay and conditions. The Scottish Police Federation said the proposed increase of 4.75 per cent, ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has taken management action against 74 officers after a Police Ombudsman investigation found that they had accessed body-worn video (BWV) footage without ...