Current Initiatives
No Witness, No Justice: victim and witness care programme
Prolific and Priority Offenders Strategy
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)
No Witness, No Justice: victim and witness care programme
This will improve the care given to victims and witnesses, and support them through the criminal justice process. It introduces dedicated Witness Care Units and provides a single point of contact for all victims and witnesses through Witness Care Officers. A Witness Care Unit was established in March 2005. The new unit will introduce a range of measures to provide practical help and moral support to victims and witnesses.
Prolific and Priority Offenders Strategy
The aim of the national Prolific and other Priority Offenders (PPO) Strategy is to reduce crime and re-offending by developing a joined up approach to managing a small group of offenders who commit the most crime (or create the maximum disorder). Each criminal justice area identifies the individuals who are responsible for the most crime and disorder, and work together to ensure that all agencies prioritise their resources on these offenders, with the explicit aim of putting and end to their offending. To assist the PPO Strategy, Surrey Criminal Justice Board has introduced a multi-agency Targeted Subjects protocol that targets and monitors all persistent, prolific, and potentially dangerous offenders who have a disproportionate impact on society.
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
MAPPA is proving to be successful in protecting the public against offenders who threaten them. The partnership has been strengthened by the launching of a Targeted offenders’ scheme. Targeting relies on sharing information and working together. The priority of the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements is to identify offenders who create an exceptional risk to others and concentrate on them.
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs)
An ASBO application can be considered for an individual if they present a risk of causing alarm, harassment or distress to members of the public. In Surrey, the aim is to make better use of ASBOs and a local multi-agency protocol has been agreed and introduced by the Board.