Narrowing the justice gap
1. Narrowing the justice gap and bringing more offences to justice - what has Derbyshire Criminal Justice Board achieved so far?
- More trials are going ahead when they should: our ineffective trial rates have dropped to 12.9% (Crown Court target of 14%);
- Introduced Statutory Charging, where CPS lawyers work with the police before charge to ensure cases are robust;
- Deliver a premium service for Prolific and other Priority Offenders: catching, convicting and monitoring those who commit the most crime and cause the most harm to local communities;
- Implemented Conditional Cautioning, a scheme providing an alternative disposal to divert low level offenders from court;
- Introduced Operation Clean Slate – a scheme that allows offences that a defendant also admits to when charged with another similar offence to be taken into consideration;
- Implemented Criminal Justice ‘Simple, Speedy, Summary’ so improving the effectiveness of the magistrates’ court process;
- Established blitz courts to reduce the backlog of cases.