Lord Woolf goes soft on crime
- Title
- Lord Woolf goes soft on crime
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
- TX Date
- 13 Oct 1993
- Year of production
- 1993
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- Duration
- 00:04:06
- Description
- Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on a speech by Lord Woolf, Harry Woolf, at Church House in Westminster last night and reaction to it. Lord Woolf advocates fewer people in jail and tackling causes of crime instead; owners to be fined for not locking up their cars; legalisation of drugs. Includes excerpts of speech and reaction from Home Secretary Michael Howard; Tory Backbench Home Affairs Committee Chairman MP Ivan Lawrence; chief probation officer for inner London John Harding; shadow Home Secretary Tony Blair. Sound is in mono.
- Contributors
- Tony Blair; Michael Howard; John Harding; Kevin Murphy; Ivan Lawrence; Harry Woolf
- Keywords
- Crime; Prisons; Prison reform; Penal sanctions; Crime prevention; Illegal drugs; Drug-related crime; Vehicle crime; Sentencing; Fear of crime
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