Category - Crime

Campaigners deplore impact of national DNA database on black communities

staff writers — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:14:23 +0100

Black community and church leaders are backing a symposium next week at the House of Commons on the over-representation of African Caribbean people on the national criminal DNA database.

Jerusalem church arson attack thwarted by alert Jewish neighbours

staff writers — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:19:08 +0000

A Christian church in central Jerusalem which is used by several different groups survived an arson attack last week as a result of prompt action by Jewish neighbours who called the emergency services and stopped the potentially lethal fire spreading.

Churches encouraged to tackle gun and violent crime

staff writers — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:38:21 +0100

An opinion survey due to be launched next week indicates that a vast majority of churchgoers think the church should play a grassroots role in tackling gun and knife crime, following recent initiatives from Black churches.

London Christians unite in peace initative to tackle gang culture

staff writers — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:24:46 +0100

Christians across all London's 33 boroughs, including many from the Black Majority Churches, are coming together for a Week of Peace which will look at practical community-based methods for reducing violence throughout the capital.

Bishops join call for further enquiry into youth custody death

staff writers — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:49:54 +0100

Church of England bishops in the House of Lords have joined other penal reformers in highlighting the conditions of Britain’s child prisons in a debate following the coroner’s report into the death of a 15-year-old boy.

South African church leader says crime is a spiritual issue

staff writers — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:54:18 +0000

The leader of a large Reformed denomination in South Africa says a crime wave gripping the country is a moral issue that cannot be solved only by having more police officers and state-of-the-art forensic equipment - writes David Wanless from Cape Town for Ecumenical News International (ENI).

Archbishop of Canterbury backs restorative alternatives to failing prisons

staff writers — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 15:45:57 +0000

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has criticized society's over-reliance on prisons ‚Ä' and is calling for a commission of enquiry into the penal justice system in the UK, which he says is failing both offenders and victims because it is not restorative.

Kenyan church leaders alarmed at growth of sex tourism

staff writers — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:56:50 +0000

Church leaders in Kenya have called for action following a report showing that sex tourism and sexual exploitation of children have reached an alarming proportion on the coast of the East African country where thousands of foreigners and local tourists celebrate Christmas and the New Year - writes Fredrick Nzwili for Ecumenical News International.

Litany for Prison's Week

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:42:44 +0000

This is a litany produced for Prison's Week and used by churches around the country every year, in November.

Changing Lenses: A new focus for crime and justice by Howard Zehr

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:24:39 +0000

Some fresh ideas on how to make the criminal justice system work better, by the person who directs the Mennonite Central Commitee U.S. Office of Criminal Justice.