Equality & Diversity
BME Staff Diagnostic Toolkit
The BME Staff Diagnostic Toolkit has been developed by County Durham and Darlington Criminal Justice Board with the assistance of the Race, Confidence and Justice Unit in London. Commencing with a series of focus groups for BME staff working in the criminal justice agencies, the toolkit was developed to include quantitative research into the recruitment, retention and progression of BME staff with a view to ascertaining whether unjustified disproportionality exists in any of the criminal justice agencies. The local pilot is due to be completed by 31st of March 2010 though the finalised toolkit is in the process of being rolled-out on a national basis. The toolkit is available to download from the right hand side of this page.
Honour Based Violence and Forced Marriage - CJS Guidance Document
Cleveland, Northumbria and Co Durham & Darlington Criminal Justice Boards, have worked together to create ‘North East Criminal Justice System Response to Honour Based Violence and Forced Marriage Introductory Guide’. The Guidance document clearly defines honour based crime and forced marriage, and details guidelines of what to do and not to do when faced with an incident of this kind. To download a copy of the guidance, click the 'Response to HBV & FM' link to the right of this page.