Current Poll

Date: 16-7-2010 In the year 2008-09 in England and Wales, what percentage of Witnesses were satisfied with their overall contact with the criminal justice system?

Past Polls

Date: 18-6-2010 Which of the following does the Witness Service offer?

Pre-trial familiarisation visit

83%

Catering facilities in court

0%

Coaching about giving evidence

17%

A. Pre-trial visit. For more information, click the 'Victims & Witnesses tab to the left of the page.

Date: 17-5-2010 Approximately what percentage of cases are dealt with entirely in the magistrates' court?

10%

12%

50%

12%

75%

24%

95%

53%

All cases start off in the Magistrates' Court. More than 95% do not need to progress to the Crown Court. For more information, click the 'Criminal Justice System Explain' tab.

Date: 16-4-2010 What's the age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales?

16

27%

12

13%

10

60%

The answer is 10 years of age.

Date: 17-3-2010 On the whole, do young people get an unfair press?

Yes

80%

No

0%

Sometimes

20%

Date: 17-2-2010 What sort of crime worries you the most?

Sexual

25%

Violent

25%

Burglary

25%

Anti Social Behaviour

25%

Robbery

0%

Date: 18-1-2010 Whose fault is crime?

The parents

38%

The Criminal Justice System

0%

The education system

13%

The offender

50%

The Government

0%

The economy

0%

Date: 18-12-2009 If you could invest money in the criminal justice system, which area would you most like to fund?

Rehabilitating prisoners

33%

Punishing offenders

0%

Supporting victims

0%

Community policing

33%

Crime prevention

33%

Something else

0%

Date: 18-11-2009 I would most like to spend the day as a

Police Officer

23%

Prison Officer

15%

Probation Officer

0%

Victim Support Volunteer

8%

Magistrate

38%

Youth Offending Service caseworker

8%

Prosecutor

8%

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