Record numbers of criminals are breaking community service orders with more than one in three failing to complete their punishment.

Hard on the heels of Louise Casey's survey telling us the public feels cut off from the justice system, The Herald reports from Scotland that serious and violent criminals have avoided court and a criminal record under a new Scottish Government initiative introduced to deal with low-level offences. Thousands of offences, including serious assaults, have been diverted from court and treated with fi...

FOREIGN criminals who are treating Scotland as a safe haven face being extradited in greater numbers under plans to tighten up the justice system.

Exclusive: more than 1500 people have been wrongly branded as criminals or mistakenly given a clean record by the government agency set up to vet those working with children.

A record number of criminals are being handed community court orders despite one in three being breached by offenders.

A record proportion of killings in Scotland are being conducted using knives, prompting calls for all people carrying blades to be jailed.

SCOTLAND'S highest-paid council officers have been forced to defend the record level of six-figure salaries they earned last year.

Delinquency and foreclosure rates among US homeowners climbed to their highest levels on record in the fourth quarter of last year, as the Obama administration unveiled its latest effort to aid the housing market

New laws could prevent organised criminals muscling in on Scotland's taxi and private hire trade by spring, Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said yesterday.

Cash seized from criminals is to be used for upgrading 19 sports facilities for youngsters across Scotland, it was announced yesterday.