Background Part 7 – Violent offender orders
89.The Government announced its intention to introduce violent offender orders in “Rebalancing the criminal justice system in favour of the law-abiding majority” published in July 2006 (available at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/CJS-review.pdf/CJS-review-english.pdf). A consultation paper was subsequently issued by the Home Office in April 2007 and a summary of the response published in June 2007 (“Stakeholder consultation on Violent Offender Orders: Summary of responses and next steps” available at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/response-violent-offender.pdf).