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Justin Russell is the Director General for Families Group, taking on the role in October 2023. Prior to this he was HM Chief Inspector of Probation from June 2019 to September 2023. Justin’s previous roles in government include: Director General...
Guidance in relation to the operation of, and application for, new Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs) which have been introduced through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
How to check if your criminal record will affect your licence application, and the information you need to provide for our criminality checks.
Family members (paragraphs A277 to 319Y).
At the Home Office, the Minister is responsible for: modern slavery and the national referral mechanism domestic abuse violence against women and girls including female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced marriage early youth intervention on serious violence Disclosure and Barring...
This report employs a criminological framework to understand vulnerability and resilience to Al Qa’ida influenced violent extremism.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Closed: improving operational and policy options for promoting restraint from violence by armed actors – both states and non-state armed groups.
On 11 June, we hosted a film screening and panel debate at Litteraturhuset as part of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
We are seeking views on the sentencing starting point for murders preceded by controlling or coercive behaviour against the murder victim and all murders committed with a knife or other weapon.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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