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Enhancing Community Justice: Opportunities and Challenges for Glasgow's Justice Authorities

This document outlines the background and role of the Community Justice Authorities (CJAs) in Glasgow, emphasizing the unique nature of local governance through elected members. It highlights the strategic functions of CJAs, which do not deliver services directly but oversee crucial areas such as resettlement, rehabilitation, and community safety. Key challenges include addressing the needs of persistent, violent, and young offenders, alongside fostering public confidence and understanding of community disposals. Ultimately, the focus is on strengthening community ties and improving outcomes for victims and families.

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Enhancing Community Justice: Opportunities and Challenges for Glasgow's Justice Authorities

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  1. Safer and Stronger Opportunities and Challenges for Community Justice Authorities

  2. Background and Role • 8 CJAs - Glasgow is unique. • Local elected members provide accountability. • Strategic role, do not deliver services – yet. • 2% reduction in reconvictions by 2011. • Governance of CJSWS ring fenced funding.

  3. Area Plans 2008-2011 • Violent, serious and sex offenders • Persistent offenders, including women • Young Offenders • Resettlement and rehabilitation • Housing and Accommodation • Employability • Health, including general health and mental health • Addictions • Families and Victims

  4. Outcomes for Communities • Consistent approach leading to increased community safety. • Increased public confidence on the effectiveness of work with offenders. • Improved understanding of: • community disposals • the role of prisons. • Improved satisfaction for victims and sentencers. • Care of victims and timely information. • Timely information and involvement of families.

  5. Some Early Work • Glasgow’s Citizens’ Panel • Work with Families and Victims about timely information. • What works? Consultation with prisoners and those on a community sentence. • Local Community Service priorities. • Structured Deferred Sentence Package.

  6. Challenges Creating a community profile. From partnership to joint working with others The national and local agenda. Demonstrating improvement - early. Opportunities Strong Glasgow identity Support and existing community structures Prison Commission & Audit Scotland reports Community Service visibility and feedback Challenges and Opportunities

  7. SASO Glasgow Annual Conference12 May 2008 Anne Connolly Chief Officer Glasgow CJA anne.connolly@glasgow.gov.uk

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