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<p>We are committed to ensuring victims of crime and the general public have confidence
in the criminal justice system and there are a number of routes where the public’s
confidence in the criminal justice system is regularly tested.</p><p> </p><p>The Office
for National Statistics has published data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales
on confidence in the criminal justice system, for several years. This data can be
viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/008964dataonconfidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/008964dataonconfidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales</a></p><p>with
additional information here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/010292confidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales/finaltable.xls"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/adhocs/010292confidenceinthecriminaljusticesystemyearsendingmarch2008tomarch2018crimesurveyforenglandandwales/finaltable.xls</a></p><p>and
separately in tables S13 and S27 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesannualsupplementarytables"
target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesannualsupplementarytables</a></p><p>
</p><p>The independent Sentencing Council also has a statutory duty to have regard
to the need to promote public confidence in the criminal justice system when developing
the sentencing guidelines and monitoring their impact. The Council has interpreted
this duty more widely as an obligation to take direct steps to promote public confidence
in the criminal justice system, and sentencing in particular.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019
the Council published research to consider what drives public confidence in the criminal
justice system with the aim of understanding the public’s knowledge of and attitudes
towards sentencing, sentencing guidelines and the criminal justice system. As part
of this research, interviewers also carried out in-depth interviews with victims of
crime. The report on the findings of the research can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Public-Knowledge-of-and-Confidence-in-the-Criminal-Justice-System-and-Sentencing.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Public-Knowledge-of-and-Confidence-in-the-Criminal-Justice-System-and-Sentencing.pdf</a></p>
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