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"We need to re balance the system so that it delivers real justice for victims and the wider community" (David Blunkett, 2002). Critically assess the current debate regarding victims' rights. CMS Funding was announced in June 1999 to "streamline the criminal justice system"(Chief Secretary, Alan Milburn, www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/newsroom, 1999), with a Ministerial Priority on Policing established (Rt Hon. Jack Straw, http://news.bbc.co.uk, 1999, March, 25). Following the publication of the Auld Report (www.criminal-courts-review.org.uk, 2001, September) a Government White Paper was published advocating a 'joined up system', echoing the "joined up Government in action" approach promoted by the Home Secretary in 1999 (Rt Hon. Jack Straw http://news.bbc.co.uk, 1999, March, 25). The remit of this White Paper was to identify a 'clear focus on fighting and reducing crime'(Justice for All, HMSO, http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk, 2002, July). The rule of law should represent the ideal of a universal goodness exhibiting "no negative impact on any given society, and no...

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