Three new publications this from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Division.
First, marking the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Britain, a report on human trafficking. Online Report 10/07 – Trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation: a literature review is available to download as a full text, pdf document.
This report summarises the findings from a review of literature on trafficking of people to the UK for the purposes of labour exploitation. The review both develops the evidence base and identifies knowledge gaps in this area. The findings are split into two parts, the first on adult victims and the second on children.
- See also: On the Joseph Rowntree Foundation website, a summary and links to academic report on modern slavery (Feb 2007).
Next, an evaluation of a scheme for drug using offenders. Online Report 06/07 – The evaluation of the Restriction on Bail Pilot Final report is also available as a full text pdf document.
This report presents the findings from the evaluation of the Restriction on Bail pilot (RoB). RoB was introduced in 3 pilot sites in May 2004 and provides for a restriction on court bail for adult defendants who have tested positive for a specified class A drug and whose offence is a drug offence or believed to be related to, or motivated by, their drug misuse. RoB gives drug using offenders the choice of attending an assessment and any relevant treatment/follow-up or face the risk of being denied bail and remanded in custody.
Finally Home Office Statistical Bulletin 05/07 presents Statistics for mentally disordered offenders 2005 (England and Wales) (pdf).
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