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HRH The Princess Royal Presents International Community Justice Awards
Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal has presented the International Community Justice Awards during Probation 2004, an international conference hosted by the National Probation Service for England and Wales. Innovation and best practice in probation work around the world were honoured by The Princess with the presentation of awards.
Probation 2004 lasted 3 days, from 28 - 30 Jan 2004. at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. Its focus was the future of crime and punishment in different countries, and an exploration of the best ways of reducing re-offending, of cutting crime and of reducing its impact on victims and society.
Among the winners and runners-up included 9 individuals and 10 organisations, representing probation work in the UK, Europe, Australasia and Africa.
Awards were made in 10 different categories -
Pioneer awards went to Lesotho, the UK, Bulgaria and Estonia.
Details of the finalists are given below.
Pioneer Individual
Ntsikeng Qhubu, Director of the Probation Service of Lesotho
Success in introducing restorative justice in Lesotho and for tireless campaigning for child welfare and child rights.
Anne Haynes, administrator and director of the Cornwall Domestic Violence Forum
For work in studying the best approaches to domestic violence in Minnesota and adapting them to the needs of the Cornwall Care Trust.
Pioneer Organisation
The Regional Fund IGA
The non-governmental organisation in Bulgaria has established a pilot probation centre in the town of Pazardjik and, with the support of the British Council in Sofia, trained the country's first 20 probation officers.
The Probation Service of Estonia
Established in 1998 and in just 5 years has grown into a countrywide service supervising more than 6,500 offenders and offering a comprehensive range of programmes benefiting offenders and, thereby, Estonian society.
Outstanding Administrative Worker
Anita Taylor of Nottinghamshire Probation Area
Ability to break new ground in a close partnership with colleagues. Together with the team manager, she has demonstrated a contribution to high performance, high morale and local partnership that exemplifies best practice.
Outstanding Supporting Role
Dr Katalin Gönczöl, Ministerial Commissioner for Criminal Policy, Hungary
Whose research into criminal justice has had a profound effect on criminal policy in her country and led to a reform of the Probation Service.
Sandra McFarlane, Greater Manchester Probation Area
Founder of Pathfinder, an innovative computer-based programme which creates a framework for the comprehensive assessment of offender risk profiles.
Outstanding Manager
Ingrid McCoid, Regional Director of Prison and Probation Initiatives, HMP Bristol
Leading the South-West regional strategy on resettlement through a multi-agency team. She has established significant projects for offenders leaving prison, particularly short-term prisoners, in the fields of employment and education, restorative justice, prolific offending and accommodation.
Ilona Kronberga, of the Probation Service of Latvia
Conceived the idea of a probation service in her country, helped draft the relevant legislation and organised a steering committee of government and municipal agencies which, over 3 years, turned the vision into a reality.
Outstanding Campaigner
Dr Chris Marshall of Auckland, New Zealand
Made the campaign for justice for all his life's work. An academic theologian with a special interest in community-based justice alternatives, he has been involved in a voluntary capacity in developing restorative justice in New Zealand.
Rachel Martin, Domestic Violence Co-ordinator for Devon
Led the development of a multi-agency strategy to tackle domestic violence in Devon. In 12 months she helped to expand services significantly, undertaking multi-agency training, outreach work, a major consultation exercise with children, and other work with survivors, minority ethnic communities and schools.
Breaking New Ground
The Probation Service of the canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Developed the Zuricher Lernprogramme (ZLP), a programme for offenders convicted of serious motoring offences such as drink-driving and dangerous driving, for domestic violence perpetrators and for those convicted of crimes against an individual.
Corrections Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia
Developed a suite of data-driven business management models that have transformed the service's ability to make sound business decisions about service delivery, to forecast need and to best allocate scarce resources.
Social Inclusion
Department of Prisons and Probation, Denmark
Mentoring project on the intensive supervision of young offenders from minority ethnic backgrounds. The project links offenders aged between 15 and 25 with mentors who provide positive role models and help them re-integrate into the community.
The Ancestral Trek Project, Probation and Parole Service, Sydney, Australia
Aims to reduce the rate of imprisonment of Aboriginal offenders and reduce re-offending. The project, operating on the far south coast of New South Wales, has revived an ancient tradition of trekking.
Merseyside Black Mentoring Scheme, a partnership between Merseyside Probation Area and Liverpool City Council
Aims to help black offenders successfully complete periods of community supervision, prison licence or parole and ensure they can easily get access to community facilities.
Public Protection
IMPACT (Inclusive Model Partnership Against Car Theft), Belfast, Northern Ireland
Contributed to a significant drop in the number of car thefts in the city. The project, led by the Probation Board for Northern Ireland, offers education programmes in schools and youth clubs, diversionary programmes for potential offenders and supervision of persistent offenders in the community and in prison.
Early Intervention Project, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth
A domestic violence programme, is part of the city's crime and disorder strategy. The project began in August 2002 with trained staff based in the hospital's accident and emergency and maternity departments and available as soon as a patient disclosed an incident of domestic violence.
Persistent Offending
The Tower Project in Blackpool
A multi-agency venture, has had a significant impact on reducing re-offending. The project began in 2002 in an area where house burglary, theft from vehicles and street robbery were increasing by 30% annually. Tower focuses on drug-related crime as one of the main causes of persistent offending.
Date modified: 30 January 2004
Review date: Janaury 2005
Originator: Crime Reduction Centre Information Services
Last update: Tuesday, July 22, 2008