THE TCJC FULL REPORT

The Police are Struggling to retain public trust, the prisons are over flowing and the courts backlog is causing insufferable delays.

Three core principles became clear and underpin this report, backed up by detailed
research, case studies and recommendations. First, the criminal justice system must be seen as an interconnected whole rather than being broken into its constituent parts. Decisions taken about sentencing will have an immediate impact on prisons and changes to policing will have an inevitable knock-on effect in the courts. Second, it is time to end the sloganising about law and order and follow the evidence about what
works. The only way to be truly “tough on crime” is to reduce offending and reoffending. Third, technology has the power to transform the criminal justice system. New threats are emerging online but there are also enormous opportunities on offer from artificial intelligence, data analytics and live facial recognition tools that must be seized with both hands. Criminals are the fastest adopters of new technology in the world and the authorities must keep up.