Teen mothers are vilified by Harris, while Loughton demands they suffer criminal penalties. The question of whether teenage fathers bear responsibility, or are worthy of our extreme moral disdain, or even our attention, never makes it onto their radars. That their attitudes are the norm tells us something important about our society.

Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine suspended after being charged with criminal offences over expenses.

Passing on unfounded allegations or details of old or minor crimes to potential employers is "blighting" people's lives, a review for the Home Office warned yesterday.

Cross-border crimes, such as money laundering or counterfeiting, should be defined in the same way across all EU countries, according to the bloc's new Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, who will outline her long-term ambitions at a conference in Brussels today (18 March).    

Child protection rules that led two police officers to be banned from babysitting for each other because they had not submitted to criminal records checks will be formally scrapped.

A 12-year-old boy who thought he had "immunity" from being locked-up has become one of the country's youngest prisoners.

CALLS for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 12 – an issue highlighted by the recent debate over the James Bulger case – have been supported by Scotland&#

THE House of Lords investigation into the expenses claimed by the Labour peer Baroness Uddin is to be reopened after she escaped criminal charges yesterday.

strong>The "Fear Factory" is a new film about the criminal justice system. Watch the trailer or find out more here. Off the back of the film, 47 national organisation joined a coalition asking for an end to this 'arms race on political tough talk';

The Metropolitan Police has begun a criminal inquiry into Harry Cohen after he claimed more than £70,000 for a "second home" while renting out his main property.