Criminal Justice Lecture 2
The Criminal Justice ‘System’ in focus
Rt Hon David Gauke Amber Rudd Rt Hon Jeremy Wright
M.P (Home Secretary) (Attorney General)
(secretary of state for
HOME OFFICE OFFICE OF THE ATT
Justice and Lord
GENERAL
Chancellor) - The police force
- Crown prosecution
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
service
- HM Prison Service - CPS office
and the national
probation service
(HMPPS) National Offender Management service (NOMS)/ Her majesty’s
- Youth Justice Board prison and probation service (HMPPS)
(YOTs)
- NOMS- was created in June 2004 following a review by
- HM courts service
LORD CARTER. He had been asked to find a way of
achieving a better balance between the prison population
and the resources available for the correctional services- Proposed 3 radical changes:
1. ‘End to end management’ of each offender from first contact with the correctional
services to the full sentence completion
2. A clear division between the commissioners of services and their providers
3. There should be ‘Contestability’ amongst these providers-
Argued efficiency would increase, unit costs would decrease, and innovation encouraged.
Pressure on the prison population relieved by giving courts greater confidence in the
effectiveness of community sentences
(RENAMED HMPPS IN 2017)
The Ministry of Justice
Responsible for:
- HM courts and Tribunals service (HMCTS)
- National offender management service (NOMS)
- HM prison service
- The probation service (NPS and CRG)
- Youth Justice Board
Regularity in the news; controversies in prisons, privatising probation, restructuring of court estate
Ministry of Justice organisations include-
- Criminal injuries compensation authority
- Criminal cases review commission
- HM courts and Tribunal service (HMCTS)
- HM inspectorate of prisons
, - HM prison service
- Independent monitoring Board
- Youth Justice Board
- Law Commission
- Legal services commission
- Legal ombudsman
- NOMS
- Prisons and probation ombudsman
- Victims commissioner
The Home Office
Responsible for: The home secretary has not held one to one
- The police meetings with any of the police and crime
- Immigration commissioners (PCCs) since taking office in July
- Drugs Policy 2016 (BBC news, Feb 2018)
- Crime Policy
- Counter Terrorism
- Regularity in the news
(terrorism, child abuse scandals etc.)
Attorney General’s Office
Responsible for:
- Providing legal advice to government
- Reviewing sentences
- The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
- The serious fraud office
(Rarely in the news; this department largely operates behind the scenes)
The Police
- 43 police forces areas in England and Wales (& British Transport Police)
- Metropolitan police founded in 1829 by Robert Peel
- PCC’s (outside London)
- All police forces have different priorities (community-led policing) based on local need
The Criminal Justice ‘System’ in focus
Rt Hon David Gauke Amber Rudd Rt Hon Jeremy Wright
M.P (Home Secretary) (Attorney General)
(secretary of state for
HOME OFFICE OFFICE OF THE ATT
Justice and Lord
GENERAL
Chancellor) - The police force
- Crown prosecution
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
service
- HM Prison Service - CPS office
and the national
probation service
(HMPPS) National Offender Management service (NOMS)/ Her majesty’s
- Youth Justice Board prison and probation service (HMPPS)
(YOTs)
- NOMS- was created in June 2004 following a review by
- HM courts service
LORD CARTER. He had been asked to find a way of
achieving a better balance between the prison population
and the resources available for the correctional services- Proposed 3 radical changes:
1. ‘End to end management’ of each offender from first contact with the correctional
services to the full sentence completion
2. A clear division between the commissioners of services and their providers
3. There should be ‘Contestability’ amongst these providers-
Argued efficiency would increase, unit costs would decrease, and innovation encouraged.
Pressure on the prison population relieved by giving courts greater confidence in the
effectiveness of community sentences
(RENAMED HMPPS IN 2017)
The Ministry of Justice
Responsible for:
- HM courts and Tribunals service (HMCTS)
- National offender management service (NOMS)
- HM prison service
- The probation service (NPS and CRG)
- Youth Justice Board
Regularity in the news; controversies in prisons, privatising probation, restructuring of court estate
Ministry of Justice organisations include-
- Criminal injuries compensation authority
- Criminal cases review commission
- HM courts and Tribunal service (HMCTS)
- HM inspectorate of prisons
, - HM prison service
- Independent monitoring Board
- Youth Justice Board
- Law Commission
- Legal services commission
- Legal ombudsman
- NOMS
- Prisons and probation ombudsman
- Victims commissioner
The Home Office
Responsible for: The home secretary has not held one to one
- The police meetings with any of the police and crime
- Immigration commissioners (PCCs) since taking office in July
- Drugs Policy 2016 (BBC news, Feb 2018)
- Crime Policy
- Counter Terrorism
- Regularity in the news
(terrorism, child abuse scandals etc.)
Attorney General’s Office
Responsible for:
- Providing legal advice to government
- Reviewing sentences
- The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
- The serious fraud office
(Rarely in the news; this department largely operates behind the scenes)
The Police
- 43 police forces areas in England and Wales (& British Transport Police)
- Metropolitan police founded in 1829 by Robert Peel
- PCC’s (outside London)
- All police forces have different priorities (community-led policing) based on local need
