Good practice guidance and publications

This section provides guidance notes and information for practitioners.

 

 Warrant Withdrawal

The London CJP has launched the ‘Warrant Withdrawal’ protocol, which delivers a proactive approach to managing applications to withdraw Fail to Appear (FTA) warrants in magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court. The new protocol ensures that the practice of applying to withdraw warrants is made and considered in an effective and consistent way across London. It sets out agreed standards and arrangements between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) London, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), City of London Police (COL), British Transport Police (BTP) and Her Majesty’s Courts Service (HMCS).

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Resolution - community penalty good practice

The London CJP has launched a new initiative to ensure good practice in ensuring community penalties are carried out and breaches resolved effectively. This initiative has the support of Chief Officers.

Entitled 'Resolution', the initiative lays out the roles and responsibilities of the agencies involved in the community penalty process – right through from arrest to resolution. A one page summary of the initiative is available on our website (follow the link below). A detailed practice guide for frontline staff to use can also be downloaded via the link below.
 

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 Recall - licence recall good practice

The London CJP has launched a new performance improvement initiative to ensure the timely recall of offenders to prison. This initiative has the support of Chief Officers.

Entitled 'Recall', the initiative lays out the roles and responsibilities of the agencies involved in the recall process. A one page summary of the initiative is available on our website (follow the link below). A detailed practice guide for frontline police and probation officers to follow when a decision has been taken to recall can also be downloaded via the link below.

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Domestic violence - the London Mainstream Model

Details of the London Mainstream Model (LMM), the implementation process, roll-out schedule and the tools required for implementation can be found below.

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Ask, verify and record campaign

London criminal justice service (CJS) staff are being reminded to Ask, verify and record each offender’s name, address and mobile number, to ensure offenders can be brought to justice.

The London Criminal Justice Partnership (CJP) has produced a desk note to remind CJS staff of the importance of collecting reliable offender contact information. The initiative is part of the London CJP’s broader work to improve compliance and enforcement across the capital.

For more information, see the briefing note about the campaign.

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The Diamond Initiative - guidance and information for teams

Operational guidance:

Diamond Initiative research papers:

As part of the development of the London Diamond Initiative two papers were commissioned from Rob Allen, International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London. The first provided a review of data analysis and the purpose of the second was to distil learning from the previous successful interventions being trialled in order to make recommendations on what is to be provided or initiated in the Diamond Initiative neighbourhoods. You can find these papers below:

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Streamlined Process guidance

Below is a link to guidance for police officers and prosecutors issued by the Director of Public Prosecutions concerning the streamlining of prosecution case files.

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Community Engagement – a toolkit for practitioners

The London Criminal Justice Partnership has produced a set of resources for local practitioners to use when organising community engagement events. Please follow the links below to access the documents.

General resources for community engagement events

Resources for events targeting young people

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Guidance on Withdrawal of Failure to Appear (FTA) Warrants

GDC29 Guidance on the withdrawal of FTA warrants.

Download guidance - (pdf 117k)

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Local Criminal Justice Groups – Operating Principles

The London Criminal Justice Partnership has agreed operating principles for Local Criminal Justice Groups. It is expected that these will be put in place by local groups by the 1st April 2008.

Download Operating Principles - (pdf 43K)

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CDRPs (CSPs) and LCJBs: How to work together

Guidance from the Office for Criminal Justice Reform (OCJR) on how local criminal justice groups should work with Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships.

Download document - (pdf, 530k)

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Previous Initiatives

PhoenixPhoenix Initiative

The Phoenix Initiative outlines the expectations and accountabilities of each criminal justice agency in meeting the Persistent Young Offenders Pledge.

Download poster - (pdf, 246k)

 

 
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