About us
West Mercia Criminal Justice Board (WMCJB) is one of 42 Local Criminal Justice Boards across England and Wales, playing a very important role in the Fight to Reduce Crime, bring more Offenders to Justice and Improve Public Confidence in the Criminal Justice System.
The West Mercia Criminal Board brings together Chief Officers from the Police, Crown Prosecution Service, Her Majesty’s Courts Services, Her Majesty’s Prison Service, and the Legal Services Commission; Associate Board members include the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships, Victim Support and a Defence Lawyer Representative.
The West Mercia Criminal Justice Board (WMCJB) is working together with all of your Local Criminal Justice Agencies to make your Criminal Justice Service (CJS) a better one, whilst reducing crime, delivering justice and making your community a safer place to live, protecting the public of West Mercia.
The Boards responsibilities include:
- supporting the delivery of criminal justice priorities
- working effectively together in partnership
- provide strategic leadership and direction to services
- Improving public confidence in the criminal justice system
Please follow this link to find out more about the other LCJB's and what they are doing lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/
WCJB is responsible for the delivery against National and Local objectives, including public service agreement targets (PSA's), what are these?
Click on this link to find out more www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/notes/snpc-03826.pdf
The Criminal Justice System of England and Wales
The Criminal Justice System (CJS) is one of the major public services in the country. Agencies such as the Police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Courts and the National Offender Management Service are working together to deliver criminal justice.
The work of these agencies is overseen by three government departments: the Ministry of Justice, the Home Office and the Attorney General's Office. These departments and agencies are working together to reform and improve the Criminal Justice System in order to:
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Prevent and detect more crime;
- Give victims and witnesses more support; and
- Punish and rehabilitate more offenders.