The failure to fully devolve criminal justice to Wales has led to a chaotic situation where vulnerable people are at a disadvantage and decisions are taken without proper scrutiny, according to a book published today by two leading academics.
Professor Richard Wyn Jones and Dr Robert Jones of Cardiff University say bad outcomes will continue until the UK Government agrees to reform the current “jagged” arrangement where it shares responsibility for spending on justice and policing with the Welsh Government.
In their book The Welsh Criminal Justice System: On the Jagged Edge, the two academics point out that, contrary to a frequently made assumption, much of the cost of the wider criminal justice system is borne by the Welsh Government.
