Community Justice

 What is 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.

Nobody knows more about local crime than the very people who suffer its effects, and the professionals who work locally on crime prevention and related services.

That's why Community  Justice is about  getting local people, police, courts, community   and professional services all working  together to tackle the problems of crime and anti-social  behaviour.

Delivered through Community Justice Courts, Community Justice aims to:

  • Deliver justice – speedily and effectively
  • Tackle the effects of crime and prevent re-offending
  • Understand the crime concerns of local people and reflect those priorities
  • Make sure that offenders pay back for their harm to the community. This is largely undertaken through Unpaid Work projects carried out by offenders as part of a Community Order       
  • What’s different about Community Justice?
         To help break the cycle of re-offending judges and magistrates interact more directly with defendants to try and identify the cause of the crime, and offenders can access advice on drug and alcohol intervention and other services
  • Judges and magistrates can bring offenders back to court to review their progress
  • The court works with the community to identify their crime concerns, and find out where they would like Unpaid Work carried out
  • The court works closely with other local agencies to address the community’s crime concerns and tackle crime more effectively

Community Justice in London 
Community Justice in London is delivered from three pilot sites. The first was launched in Wandsworth in October 2007. The others, Newham and Haringey Community Justice courts, began hearing cases in January 2008.

Community Justice Wandsworth 
Community Justice Newham 
Community Justice Haringey                              

Community Justice Newsletter 

Issue 1 March -  April 2008

The national picture
There are 10 other Community Justice pilots nationally. More information about these is available on the Community Justice website.

 

 

 

 

 

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