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Find out why you might get a civil injunction, Community Protection Notice, Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) (formerly known as ASBOs), what it means and what happens if you break it.
New laws will end automatic release for badly behaved offenders and strengthen community punishment.
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
Criminals will be barred from pubs, concerts and sports matches under new sentencing powers.
This working paper discusses the experiences of children aged between 8 and 16 in Andhra Pradesh
When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.
This Brief examines whether corporal punishment in schools is associated with lasting effects on children’s cognitive development
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