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Shortly after every Westminster Legal Policy Forum seminar, a briefing document is produced. This is distributed to all delegates on the day as well as to our contacts in government, parliament and stakeholders in the education sector more widely.
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Reducing Re-Offending: mental health and value for money in the criminal justice system
PUBLISHED November 2009
This publication is CPD Certified
Scheduled and structured to reflect issues raised in the Justice Committee's 'Justice Reinvestment' report as well as coinciding with the expected publication of the Department of Health and Ministry of Justice Offender Health Strategy, this seminar addressed the question of how to get better value for money from the criminal justice system as well as looking at strategies for the early identification and treatment of offenders with mental health and learning difficulties, at a time when numbers of prisoners with these issues are at an all time high. Sessions looked at the role of local authorities and communities in the treatment of offenders, and at alternative methods to prison, with assessments of their viability within the British criminal justice system and also included a keynote address from Lord Bradley whose influential report along with the new government strategy has highlighted the importance of this issue. Also, sessions looked at what the strategy means for offenders and for front-line services affected and at the practicalities of implementation.
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