Current Initiatives
As part of the Delivery Agreement, out current initiatives encompass the key priorities Leicestershire and Rutland Criminal Justice Board intends to tackle in its delivery of narrowing the justice gap and increasing public confidence in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in Leicestershire and Rutland. Much of the work being proposed builds on initiatives that have been successfully developed over a number of years by each of the Criminal Justice agencies in Leicestershire and Rutland working closely together.
Beacon Core Projects
- Beacon Approach
- CJSSS (Simple, Speedy, Summary Justice)
- PROGRESS
- Director's Guidance - Streamline Process
- Conditional Cautioning
- Witness Charter
- Community Justice
- Engaging Local Communities
Beacon Additional Projects
Current LCJB Projects
- Specialist Domestic Violence Court
- Licence Recall Performance Review
- Community Penalty Breach
- LCJB Performance Review
- Video Evidence Presentation in Court
- Libra
- Hate Crime Scrutiny Panel
- Warrants
- Police Bail and Pre-Charge Advice
Beacon Approach
This is a new way of managing the criminal justice reform programme nationally and of delivering sustainable improvements locally. The Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) is working with 10 selected LCJBs to develop the Beacon Approach. These LCJBs will implement a Core Programme of national reform projects. Further details can be found by clicking here.
CJSSS (Simple, Speedy, Summary Justice)
This initiative, which is being rolled out across Leicestershire in December 2007, will improve the speed and effectiveness of the court system but will involve every criminal justice agency changing or adapting the way they work, to ensure criminal cases are progressed through the different agencies quicker and more efficiently. Futher details can be found by clicking here.
PROGRESS
Improving efficiency in the support for the Magistrates' Court listing process by using the PROGRESS IT linkage to improve the effectiveness of case progression work between CPS and HMCS. Further details can be found by clicking here.
Director's Guidance - Streamline Process
Making more effective use of resources by streamlining the file building process for certain straight forward guility plea cases suitable for hearing in a Magistrates' Court. Further details can be found by clicking here.
Conditional Cautioning
Increasing effective diversion of cases from Court process through provision of a caution with associated compulsory reparative and/or preventative conditions which if breached or note performed result in a charge and prosecution.
Witness Charter
Improving confidence in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) by establishing standards of service for non-expert witnesses from pre-arrest to post-trial. Further details can be found by clicking here.
Community Justice
Community Justice is part of the Government's agenda to tackle anti social behaviour and the crime associated with it, making life better for everyone. Community Justice brings the justice system and the community together: solving problems, reducing crime and building confidence. Further details can be found by clicking here.
Engaging Local Communities
Improving public confidence in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) through closer community engagement with the criminal justice process, including measures such as provision of community engagement officers in Magistrates' Courts. Further details can be found by clicking here.
Exiss Links
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Postal Requisitions
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Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC)
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Licence Recall Performance Review
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Community Penalty Breach
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LCJB Performance Review
The Board will introduce a new structure for scrutinising their joint performance. This will ensure that senior managers from each of the Criminal Justice agencies work collectively to improve the services that they deliver. It will also ensure that the projects being commissioned by the Board actually make a difference to how the Criminal Justice System works.
Video Evidence Presentation in Court
Criminal cases often involve complex evidence that can be time consuming to present and difficult for Jurors to understand. The aim of this project is to explore ways in which evidence could be prepared and presented that will be more easily understood and might lead to trials being completed more quickly.
Libra
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Hate Crime Secrutiny Panel
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Warrants
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Police Bail and Pre-Charge Advice
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