CRIME victims in Cardiff will be able to track what happens to convicted criminals in the city using a new online service.

Periods after which convicted criminals no longer have to declare their past offending to be significantly cut, says Kenneth Clarke.

This is Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday columnIf we can’t make criminals fear the law, then we will have to live in fear of criminals. It is that simple. When I first warned of this some years back, it was...

Compare and contrast: title of policy: Cutting Crime by Catching Criminals. Headline in Telegraph: Chris Huhne: Jailing criminals is not the answer Well done Telegraph for engaging in the debate in such a rational and mature way.

The BBC is reporting some new tech research: Computer criminals could soon be eavesdropping on what you type by analysing the electromagnetic signals produced by every key press. Computer criminals? I assume they mistyped GCHQ?

The Times reports that the Police are struggling to control crime, even within their own stations. If criminals are willing to commit crime right in face of the criminal justice system, do we really think they take the law seriously...

Michael Howard, the former Conservative leader, on Wednesday inflamed the row over plans by Ken Clarke to cut the prison population by insisting that locking up criminals remained the best way to cut crime

I have to agree with Annabel Goldie that having people commit crimes that result in judges wanting to send these criminals to jail but there being no space is unsustainable. Something has to give. Money is tight and building new prisons would take time. What if we brought in a policy of sending criminals to foreign jails and paying other countries to house them for us? I'm not talking about a...

One in four criminals went straight back to crime and were responsible for more than half a million new offences last year.

Fancy living amongst criminals? Well, your wish has been granted by my old pal David Hanson! "Government has released the postcodes of residential streets where thousands of criminals are being held in bail hostels. The Ministry of Justice has been repeatedly criticised for paying private firm ClearSprings millions to house the convicts on early release and suspects awaiting trial in residential h...