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The criminal justice system

High court judges at the opening of Parliament in 1946.

High court judges at the opening of Parliament in 1946.
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The criminal justice system is comprised of all criminal courts, prison institutions, policing, sentencing and rehabilitation, amongst other related legislation. Various criminal justice acts have regulated the criminal justice system since 1877.

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Criminal Justice Bills 1925 - 1938

Cabinet Memorandum. Criminal Justice Bill 1925. Memorandum by the Home Secretary. 13 February 1925 (PDF, 10.413MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 8. Corporal Punishment. 22 June 1938 (PDF, 3.062MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Corporal Punishment. Joint Memorandum by the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Scotland. 16 June 1938 (PDF, 29.512MB)

Criminal Justice Act 1948

Cabinet Conclusion 5. Justices of the Peace. 11 October 1945 (PDF, 1.681 MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Justices of the Peace. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor. 25 September 1945 (PDF, 5.173MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 4. Criminal Justice Bill. 19 June 1947 (PDF, 1.559 MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Criminal Justice Bill. Memorandum by the Home Secretary. 16 June 1947 (PDF, 2.049MB)

Criminal Justice Act of 1967

Cabinet Conclusion 5. Penal reform. 4 August 1966 (PDF, 2.413 MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Criminal Justice Bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 2 August 1966 (PDF, 1.132MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. Criminal Justice bill. Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 20 October 1971 (PDF, 0.457MB)

Treatment of young offenders

Cabinet Conclusion 7. Royal Commission on Assizes and Quarter Sessions Outside London. 2 August 1966 (PDF, 2.341 MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 1. Parliamentary Affairs: The Courts Bill. 3 December 1970 (PDF, 1.579 MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Need for an Inquiry into Assizes and Quarter Sessions. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor. 29 July 1966 (PDF, 0.860MB)

Reform and rehabilitation

Cabinet Conclusion 5. Training of Justices of the Peace in England and Wales and the Position of the Ex-Officio Justices of the Peace. 9 December 1965 (PDF, 2.083 MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Training of the Justices of the Peace in England and Wales and the Position of the Ex-Officio Justices of the Peace: Draft White Paper. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor. 7 December 1965 (PDF, 5.898MB)

Cabinet Conclusion 4. Appointment of Justices of the Peace in England and Wales. 7 July 1966 (PDF, 1.506 MB)

Cabinet Memorandum. The Appointment of Justices of the Peace in England and Wales. Memorandum by the Lord Chancellor. 4 July 1966 (PDF, 2.362MB)

Search using New Towns Act Children and Young Persons Act Criminal Justice Bill

Further reading

Morris, T., Crime and Criminal Justice since 1945 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989)

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