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Links from the book:
There are no websites dedicated to the politics of law and order. You should check out the websites of the main parties to see how their views and policies are developing.
www.conservatives.com/
The Conservative Party.
www.labour.org.uk/
The Labour Party.
www.libdems.org.uk
Liberal Democrats.
For helpful information and critiques of current policies the websites of the campaigning groups are useful as follows:
www.nacro.org.uk/
The website of NACRO.
www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/
The website of the Prison Reform Trust.
www.howardleague.org/
The website of the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Further links of interest:
Criminology & Public Policy:
www.criminologyandpublicpolicy.com/
A peer-reviewed journal of criminal justice policy and practice, published by the American Society of Criminology. It carries empirically based, policy-focused articles.
Department for Constitutional Affairs:
www.open.gov.uk/lcd
Homepage of the Department of Constitutional Affairs.
Home Office:
www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Main homepage of the Home Office.
Judicial Studies Board:
www.cix.co.uk/~jsb/index.htm
Homepage of the Judicial Studies Board.
Open Government:
www.open.gov.uk
Was the latest and widest collection of public service information from the UK Government.
Her Majesty’s Stationary Office:
www.hmso.gov.uk
Provides access to all copies of UK legislation from 1988 and statutory instruments from 1987 as well as selected Scottish legislation and information on legislation in progress.
UK Parliament:
www.parliament.uk/
Provides main links to both Houses in the United Kingdom Parliament and provides links to House of Commons Debates, Hansard and judgments of the judicial committee of the House of Lords.


