Report calls for new approach to sentencing gambling related crime
Staffordshire University researchers are calling for a better understanding of problem gambling within the criminal justice system, more support for people who have committed a crime, and for this to be reflected in sentencing.A new Staffordshire University report explores how problem gambling is understood and approached by sentencers in magistrates’ courts. It reveals that, although problem gambling is recognised as a mental health disorder, offending related to it is not being dealt with in an