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On 21 November 2006, the Home Office (HO) published a report (Race and the Criminal Justice System: an overview to the complete statistics 2004-2005). This is "a key source document for communities, policymakers and practitioners across the Criminal Justice System. It presents in a summary of the key findings from the annual report, Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System - 2005, which is published under section 95 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The Overview seeks to put into context what these statistics reveal about Black and Minority Ethnic groups’ experiences of the CJS. Collectively these publications help those involved in the administration of justice to avoid discrimination on the grounds of race. The Overview report also includes a policy response on what is being done to address disproportionality where it is reported in the statistics. Please note: this Overview report replaces the one published and withdrawn on 30 March 2006 and follows a full check on all the data included." (website)
The full report can be viewed on the HO
website