Anti-Social Behaviour - Community Remedy Consultation
Anti-Social Behaviour - Community Remedy Consultation - COPY
INTRODUCTION
Community Remedy ensures that victims of low-level crime and anti-social behaviour have a say in how the offenders of the crime make amends for their actions. Community Remedy offers victims a range of appropriate reparative (paying back), restorative (making good), or rehabilitative (changing behaviour) options a victim can ask to be applied to the offender.
For a Community Remedy to be used, a police officer must be convinced there is sufficient evidence, an admission of guilt and a genuine willingness of the offender to engage in the process.
The purpose of this survey is to consult with Lincolnshire residents to help inform future decisions on addressing Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) across our communities.
- COPY
INTRODUCTION
Community Remedy ensures that victims of low-level crime and anti-social behaviour have a say in how the offenders of the crime make amends for their actions. Community Remedy offers victims a range of appropriate reparative (paying back), restorative (making good), or rehabilitative (changing behaviour) options a victim can ask to be applied to the offender.
For a Community Remedy to be used, a police officer must be convinced there is sufficient evidence, an admission of guilt and a genuine willingness of the offender to engage in the process.
The purpose of this survey is to consult with Lincolnshire residents to help inform future decisions on addressing Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) across our communities.
1) Do you think the community remedies below are appropriate for adults and young people who have committed ASB or low-level offences?
a) A personal or written apology (restorative) - where the person committing the ASB/ low-level offence is an adult?
b) A personal or written apology (restorative) - where the person committing ASB / low level offences is a young person
c) Intervention and support for rehabilitation (e.g Alcohol misuse services) - where the person committing ASB / Low-Level offences is an adult
d) Intervention and support for rehabilitation (e.g Alcohol misuse services) - where the person committing ASB / Low-Level offences is a young person
e) Reparation to the victim or community affected (e.g. Repairing physical damage (Reparative) - where the person committing ASB / low-level offences is an adult
f) Reparation to the victim or community affected. (e.g. Repairing physical damage - reparative) where the person committed the ASB / low-level offences is a young person
2. Do you think the community remedies below are appropriate for young people who have committed ASB or low-level offences?
a) Young people completing indirect reparation activity*
*Reparation would either be direct to the victim (i.e. a letter of apology, supervised reparation activity on their premises etc) or indirect (for the benefit of the wider community.
b) Young people being supported to access positive community activities by Future 4 Me*
* Future4Me is a countywide service that works with young people aged 10-17; with a core focus on supporting young people aged 14-18. The service works across a range of referral pathways including statutory court orders, out of court disposals, youth homelessness, child exploitation, missing and community engagement/intervention.
c) Young people attendance at Restorative Conferencing*
*Restorative conferencing involves the victim and young person being brought together in a supported environment to allow discussion around the offence and for the victim to be able to relay how the offence has impacted them and to ask any questions they may have, with the intention of repairing some of the harm that has been caused.
d) Young people having a referral to Lincolnshire Out of Court Disposal Panel*
*The OoCD panel is a joint Police and Childrens Services decision making panel, who decide on whether an offence may be suitable for an Out of Court disposal and if so what intervention and element of restorative justice should be completed by the young person.
e) Young people having an imposition of conditions or restrictions for up to 12 weeks*
*Such as not contacting a named individual (usually the victim(s) of the offence(s) or not going to a certain area.
f) Young people receiving a Formal Warning
g) A young person receiving a combination of the above options available for young people
3. From the options below would you support...
If a friend or family member were a potential victim of ASB, would you choose to use the community remedy menu (as described above) if it was offered?
4. Would you like to have the ability to nominate locations which would benefit from reparatory activity?
5. Do you have any other suggestions that an ASB offender could be asked to do to make right for what they have done?
Thank you for taking time to participate in this public consultation.
