双语阅读英语外刊精讲：英国的司法制度与权力下放(附音频)

2018-12-21 14:49:39来源：酷学英语

　　The problems are structural, not cultural. Our justice system is highly centralized compared with Germany or Canada, yet is no cheaper. National agencies struggle to innovate, and digital “transformation” is always years away. Top-down direction cannot fix these problems, which is why a report by the GovernUp think tank this week suggests a remedy: justice devolution.

　　To tackle high reoffending rates we need a shift in power to the local level. This is where the solutions will be found to cut costs and improve services – not in Whitehall. If we devolved power to local bodies such as elected mayors or police and crime commissioners (PCCs), they would shift investment to prevention, rather than just manage failure.

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　　As a first step the government should give local areas responsibility for youth justice, as the Taylor review recommends, and scrap the Youth Justice Board. Then PCCs and mayors should get new powers to pilot specialist courts, set fine rates and oversee probation and the crown prosecution services (CPS).

　　Local accountability should apply everywhere and to all parts of the system – not just to the police, or only in cities with elected mayors, and there should be no more splendid isolation for the CPS. Our prosecutors should respond to local priorities – just like the police – and these might vary across the country, just as crime rates do. Responsiveness and accountability matter more than consistency.

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