Tackling persistent offenders is key to improving effectiveness in the criminal justice system.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2001-UK Government: Tackling persistent offenders is key to improving effectiveness in the criminal justice system (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Tackling persistent offenders is key to improving effectiveness in the criminal justice system, Home Secretary Jack Straw said today.

The criminal justice system needs to catch, prosecute and sentence hardcore persistent offenders more effectively, Mr Straw told the Social Market Foundation.

Initial Home Office research findings suggest that around 100,000 persistent offenders are responsible for perhaps half of all crime.

These persistent offenders share a common profile, with half being under 21; nearly two thirds are hard drug users; more than a third were in care as children; half have no qualifications and three-quarters have no work and...

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