Reducing Reoffending Sample Clauses

Reducing Reoffending.  The one year reconviction rate in West Lothian has remained encouraging since this measure was introduced from the 2007-08 cohort of offenders. For the cohort of offenders sentenced in 2012/13, West Lothian is the joint 7th best in Scotland (at 26.6%). This is better than the Scotland average of 28.6% and the Lothian and Borders average of 26.9%. Whilst the percentage reconviction has increased, West Lothian's overall performance comparatively is still positive. West Lothian has a well-established partnership approach including a Reducing Reoffending Strategy which is seen as influential.  Over the last few years there has been a variation in the number of referrals and the consistency of response in relation to Early and Effective Intervention cases 8 to 15 years. In Q4 2014/15 performance improved to 77%, which constituted 34 out of 44 referrals not reoffending. Now there has been an investment in terms of co-ordination and dedicated service delivery, improvement should result over the coming years. Work to improve capacity to interrogate data has been completed which will improve the service's ability to understand trends in the future and close monitoring of targets and performance is taking place. Services are generally beginning to target cases that are higher risk to divert them from the children’s hearing system and have been effective as a consequence in reducing risk of entering external resources. It is worthy of note that there has been a 63.36% increase in referrals from 2012/13 to 2013/14, from 101 to 165. The Almond Project works with women offenders and aims to reverse the recent increase in the female prisoner population. The project has been developed as a consequence of the report by the commission on women offenders published in April 2012 that suggested women needed mentors and additional support to stay out of the justice system. It is based in the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Team and provides an assertive outreach service based on a key worker/mentoring model, maximising women’s access to services and addressing the underlying issues that drive their offending behaviour. 2014/15 has shown high levels of engagement with the Project, with women who otherwise may have received little support, and as a consequence of this the figure for re-offending has been reduced in the same time period and is now at its lowest level. There are now two full time Key Workers in the project and this will have a positive impact on waiting list a...
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Reducing Reoffending. Re-offending rates in London remain stubbornly high, with 24% of all offenders reoffending within a year of ending their sentence17. In light of this re-offending rate and the recent upsurge in violent crime, the management of offenders in London must improve.
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