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Probation Board For Northern Ireland
The Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) is a non-departmental public body responsible to the Department of Justice (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland Department of Justice for the Probation Service in Northern Ireland. It is part of the Public Protection Arrangements Northern Ireland (PPANI). The Board has 13 members drawn from across the community to oversee the work of the Probation Service. It employs around 430 people, around half of whom are probation officers, based in 31 offices throughout Northern Ireland. The Board requires probation officers to hold professional qualifications in social work. Other employees are community service supervisors, probation services officers, and corporate services staff. The work of the Board involves assessing convicted offenders, preparing pre-sentence reports for the courts, reports for parole commissioners and other justice-related bodies. The Board supervises over 4,000 court orders at any given time. The Board also prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-departmental Public Body
In the United Kingdom, non-departmental public body (NDPB) is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive to public sector organisations that have a role in the process of national government but are not part of a government department. NDPBs carry out their work largely independently from ministers and are accountable to the public through Parliament; however, ministers are responsible for the independence, effectiveness and efficiency of non-departmental public bodies in their portfolio. The term includes the four types of NDPB (executive, advisory, tribunal and independent monitoring boards) but excludes public corporations and public broadcasters (BBC, Channel 4 and S4C). Types of body The UK Government classifies bodies into four main types. The Scottish Government also has a fifth category: NHS bodies. Advisory NDPBs These bodies consist of boards which advise ministers on particular policy areas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Justice (Northern Ireland)
The Department of Justice (Irish: ''An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt'', Ulster-Scots: ''Männystrie o tha Laa'') is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive, which was established on 12 April 2010 as part of the devolution of justice matters to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The position of Minister for Justice is currently vacant. The department's Permanent Secretary is Richard Pengelly. It combines the previous work of the Northern Ireland Office and the Ministry of Justice, within the United Kingdom Government, which were respectively responsible for justice policy and the administration of courts in Northern Ireland. History The partition of Ireland created a separate jurisdiction of Northern Ireland in June 1921. A local '' Ministry of Home Affairs'', initially led by Dawson Bates, was established at that time and oversaw most aspects of justice policy until the introduction of direct rule in March 1972. The ''Northern Ireland Office'', led by the Secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Probation Of Offenders Act 1907
The Probation of Offenders Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7 c. 17) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament, commonly referred to as just the Probation Act. Enactment The Act was passed on 21 August and originally extended throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It remains in force in the Republic of Ireland. Summary The Act allows judges wide latitude to dismiss a charge tried summarily against a defendant even when the court thinks it is proved, or to conditionally discharge a defendant (whether the charge is tried summarily or on indictment). The power may be invoked when the court is of the opinion that In practice, cases may be dismissed under the Probation Act for a defendant on condition that he pays a contribution to charity, or repays an amount stolen, or pays the costs arising from his actions. They may also be dismissed where the offence is technical or trivial. The application of the Act has occasionally caused controversy where victims or persons affe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Troubles
The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " irregular war" or " low-level war". The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England and mainland Europe. The conflict was primarily political and nationalistic, fuelled by historical events. It also had an ethnic or sectarian dimension but despite use of the terms 'Protestant' and 'Catholic' to refer to the two sides, it was not a religious conflict. A key issue was the status of Northern Ireland. Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Black (civil Servant)
Sir Harold Black (9 April 1914 – 19 January 1981) was a British civil servant in Northern Ireland. He was Secretary to the Cabinet and Clerk of the Privy Council from 1965 to 1972, and Deputy Secretary, Northern Ireland Office from 1972 to 1974, following the introduction of direct rule Direct rule is when an imperial or central power takes direct control over the legislature, executive and civil administration of an otherwise largely self-governing territory. Examples Chechnya In 1991, Chechen separatists declared independence .... References * https://www.dib.ie/biography/black-sir-harold-a0684 * https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-162073 * "Sir Harold Black", ''The Times'', 22 January 1981, 16 {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Harold Knights Bachelor Civil servants from Belfast Members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Civil servants in the Northern Ireland Office People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime In Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland before the Troubles ended, low-level petty crime was not as common as in the rest of Ireland or the UK. Since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, there has been more low-level crimes being committed, although statistics show that some places in Northern Ireland (outside of Belfast) have some of the lowest crime rates in Western Europe. Crime by type The type of crime committed in Northern Ireland varies although robbery, murder, racketeering, civil disorder, disorder, burglary, joyride (crime), joyriding, terrorism and assault are the main types. In recent times Tiger kidnapping has been used in robberies on Northern Bank Robbery, banks, shops and post offices. Murder Over the three years 2011–14, the homicide rate in Northern Ireland was 0.9 per 100,000 inhabitants per year. This is a similar figure to the UK average, the murder rate in the Republic of Ireland, and most Western European nations, a region which has among the lowest homicide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
