Article | Victims
Margaret Smith – CJG – 05/10/2021
This article focus’ on consultation work with victims & witnesses of crime in order to inform improvement planning around increasing referrals to Diversion from Prosecution for Adults.
Article | Victims
Margaret Smith – CJG – 27/09/2021
Article highlighting crime victimisation rate statistics. This article also gives an overview of support that is available in and around Glasgow for Victims.
Article | Victims
Margaret Smith – CJG – 07/09/2020
There are no crimes that do not leave victims in their wake. Community Justice prioritises reducing the risk of reoffending with a focus which acknowledges the offence and its wider impact whilst understanding the underlying drivers of crime.
Article | Victims
Lyn Pyper – CJG – 29/09/2021
A quick whizz through our statutory partner organisations, with whom we have continued to work, resulting in many positive and beneficial projects and initiatives.
Article | Victims
Rachel Fleming – Criminal Justice Team – 06/09/2020
A Restorative Justice pilot has been compiled in the North West of Glasgow within the Statutory Criminal Justice Social Work team to progress towards addressing the absence of Restorative Justice in the current statutory Criminal Justice System within the city of Glasgow.
Article | Victims
Rachel Fleming – North West Glasgow Criminal Justice Team – 27/09/2021
An article detailing the continued development of the Glasgow Restorative Justice Pilot, detailing how this is being done and the effects this is having.
Report | PDF | Victims
CJG – 2018
The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act in 2015 requires the Partnership to publish a plan that sets out our shared priorities for the city, where we plan to make improvements and over time show that we have made these improvements. This document sets out the priority and focus areas from October 2017 onwards.
Report | PDF | Victims
CJG – 2018
Our framework sets out the agreed structural and person-centric outcomes that our partnership will measure and report on. It is designed to ensure that our activity follows a logic chain that describes how we will contribute to both local and national outcomes.
Report | Word Document | Victims
CJG
Diversion from Prosecution (DfP) aims to address the underlying causes of offending behaviour through Social Work and other interventions. It also aims to prevent people entering into the formal criminal justice system too early. Evidence suggests that the earlier people enter the criminal justice system, the more likely they will be pushed towards more serious offending.
Report | Word Document | Victims
CJG
Broadly speaking, analysis of the responses showed that the briefing – which put Diversion from prosecution in the context of reducing re-offending – improved the knowledge and understanding of Diversion from Prosecution Process.
Report | PDF | Victims
CJG
This paper outlines the principles and approach that will adopt and include an outline Action Plan that will drive implementation of the Strategy, to ensure that engagement activity meets national standards and the needs of everyone who has an interest in the development and delivery of community justice services in Glasgow.
Report | Victims
CJG – 2019
Community Justice Glasgow, Annual report for 2018 / 2019.
Report | Victims
CJG – 2018
Community Justice Glasgow, Annual report for 2017 / 2018.
Report | PDF | Victims
CYCG – March 2018
The City of Edinburgh Council Criminal Justice Social Work (CJSW) service views restorative justice (RJ) as an opportunity to improve service provision to both those convicted of offending behaviour and the victims and communities affected by these behaviours. This paper considers the origins of the restorative approach to justice, values and principles underpinning the practice, and models of intervention.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government
Findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) and information for interviewees. The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) is a large-scale social survey which asks people about their experiences and perceptions of crime in Scotland. Findings from crime surveys in Scotland have been used by policy makers across the public sector, academia and third sector to help understand the nature of crime in Scotland, target resources and monitor the impact of initiatives since the 1980s.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government – 24/11/2016
This strategy provides a shared vision to help partners and communities work together effectively to improve community justice outcomes.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government
Providing more help and support for victims and witnesses is key to building a better criminal justice system. Working with the justice organisations to help victims and witnesses feel supported, safe and informed at every stage of the process.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government
Witnesses are categorised as ‘vulnerable’ if they are likely to suffer significant risk of harm as a result of giving evidence. This includes victims of sexual assault, domestic abuse, trafficking and stalking, and those under the age of 18. It is being made easier for vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in criminal trials by increasing the use of pre-recorded evidence in advance of trial.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government
Appropriate adults help to ensure that vulnerable adults are not disadvantaged, in comparison to adults who are not vulnerable, during police procedures. Police procedures can include interviews, identification procedures and forensic examinations. The role of an appropriate adult is to assist a vulnerable person, whether victim, witness or suspect/accused, to understand what is going on and to support communication between the vulnerable person and the police.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government
Restorative justice provides safe communication between people harmed by crime and those responsible for the harm, to find a positive way forward.
Evidence has shown that restorative justice can help victims to recover whilst offenders are held to account for what they have done.
Report | Victims
Scottish Government – 28/06/2019
A new restorative justice action plan, backed by £300,000 of new investment, outlines steps to map existing provision, provide training and increase both public awareness, and the availability and consistency of services across Scotland by 2023.
Report | Victims
Victim Support Scotland – 2020/2021
Annual report from Victim Support Scotland for 2020/2021.
Power Point | Victims
Tim Chapman – The University of Ulster
Restorative justice refers to community-based measures designed to heal the harm done by crime through the offender taking responsibility, making reparation and being reintegrated into the community. It must be exclusively peaceful and voluntary.
Legislation | Victims
Legislation.gov.uk – 2016
This strategy provides a shared vision to help partners and communities work together effectively to improve community justice outcomes. The Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016 places duties on statutory partners who have a key role to play in improving community justice outcomes.
Legislation | Victims
Scottish Government – 2014
The Victims and Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2014 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which passed through the legislative body in 2013 and received Royal Assent on 17 January 2014. It brought into law a number of changes to modify the experience victims and witnesses have within Scotland’s justice system.
Website | Victims
Violence Reduction Unit Website
The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit is a national centre of expertise on violence. Part of Police Scotland, the SVRU targets violence wherever it occurs whether it’s on the streets, in our schools or in our homes. Supported by the Scottish Government the unit has adopted a public health approach treating violence as an infection which can be cured. The SVRU is the only Police member of the World Health Organisation’s Violence Prevention Alliance.
Website | Victims
NHS Education for Scotland
In 2016 NHS Education for Scotland was asked by the Scottish Government to develop a set of resources to promote and implement trauma informed practice within Scotland. This was due to the growing recognition of the impact of traumatic experiences on people.
