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Together we can reduce re-offending and increase public confidence
Local people have a critical role to play in helping offenders turn away from crime. Communities can and do make a difference. The development of the new National Offender Management Service (NOMS) presents an opportunity to involve more local people in efforts to reduce re-offending and cut crime. This paper presents Home Office proposals and asks for views by 1 June 2005.
Title: Together we can reduce re-offending and increase public confidence
Author: Home Office
Series: NOMS Communities and Civil Renewal Strategy Consultation paper
Number of pages: 32
Date published: March 2005
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The paper covers several topics and the Home Office is interested in your views on all of them. These topics include:
Public protection
How can NOMS and partners' public protection work and the involvement of local people be best promoted – what are the benefits and how can the risks of doing so be managed?Unpaid and reparative work
Do you know/have you seen what work has been undertaken by offenders in your area? How do/can local people make their views heard? How is unpaid and reparative work being promoted to local communities?Volunteers, mentors and governance
What would be the best use of volunteers and are more people being encouraged to volunteer to work with offenders and ensure that they are representative of their local communities?Victims and restorative justice
How can victims' perspectives be integrated into offender management? How can direct reparation and restorative justice approaches be developed as part of offender management?Transition to ex-offender
How can faith communities be better supported to work with offenders in prison and communities? What are the benefits and risks of offenders working to help others stop offending?Measuring success
How should the impact of this work be assessed? Are national or local measures needed to encourage community engagement that leads to reduced re-offending and increased public confidence?National, regional and local action plans
How could NOMS and CJS partners provide information to/exchange views with local people? How should this be achieved – and where should the boundaries lie?
Getting a copy
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