The prime minister is to say Britain needs a new "tough but intelligent" approach to law and order in a speech.
David Cameron is expected to say a combination of both tough prison sentences and lighter rehabilitation methods is necessary.
Labour said the government was promising measures which had already been announced.
It comes at the end of a week which saw the resignation of the chief whip.
BBC political correspondent Ben Wright said the government must hope the long-planned speech could steady nerves in the Conservative Party after a difficult few days, dominated by Andrew Mitchell stepping down.
Sterile debateOn Friday, Mr Mitchell said the month-long row over his confrontation with Downing Street police had made his position untenable.
Mr Cameron, who had supported Mr Mitchell, has been criticised by Labour and Tory peer Lord Tebbit over his handling of the matter.
His speech will be an attempt to end what he will characterise as a sterile debate between those who call for tougher sentencing and others who want to see more rehabilitation of offenders.
He is set to say that "retribution isn't a dirty word".
But the shadow policing minister, David Hanson said the prime minister's intervention on law and order was misguided.
"I think he's much better placed to actually start to look at why we're cutting 15,000 police officers, why we've watered down DNA regulations, why we're stopping people putting CCTV cameras up," he said.
And shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the government's attitude to policing had been "weak and foolish".
"David Cameron is undermining the police in their work against crime and anti-social behaviour," she said.
"People will see these new promises on sentencing and immediately ask if the detectives and officers will be there to catch the criminals in the first place.
Earlier this year Parliament passed an Act that will introduce tougher sentences for specific serious crimes. Under it some serious offenders will face a life sentence if they commit the same crime twice.
Ministers said the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 would also toughen community sentences and help to cut reoffending by doing more to reintegrate convicted criminals after the end of their sentences.
The prime minister is expected to announce that a payment by results system for private companies who successfully rehabilitate offenders will be expanded.
First plan 'failed'The government is also expected to introduce life sentences for gun-runners who supply lethal weapons to gangsters.
The Home Office has been consulting on a proposed new law for the supply of handguns after chief constables and MPs called for the change in 2010.
The government might also end the practice of giving all prisoners £46 in cash when they are released from prison.
The speech comes after the prime minister replaced Ken Clarke with Chris Grayling as justice secretary in September's reshuffle.
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said the government's first justice plan had failed so they were trying another.
He added that the government was promising measures such as more prison places which it could not afford.
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