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Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
If you are found guilty of a crime, your sentence will depend on a number of factors, including the type, seriousness and circumstances of the crime.
Protecting staff, passengers and property on public transport: police roles, CCTV and witness evidence use, tools to restrict anti-social acts
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to tackle anti-social behaviour.
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
Commencement of sections 122 - 128 to and Schedules 18 - 22 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison
Commencement of the new referral order provisions in Section 79 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Society’s most depraved killers will face life behind bars with no chance of being released, under tough plans announced by the Prime Minister.
Disciplinary procedures your employer has at work - disciplinary hearings, appeals, suspension, dismissal and help and advice
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) made a wide-ranging set of changes within various areas of the MOJ portfolio.
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