PSA 3: Improve the delivery of justice
by increasing the number of crimes for which an offender is brought
to justice to 1.25 million by 2007/08
Scope and Responsibility
The target applies to England and Wales.
Responsibility for this target is shared between
the Home Office the Department for Constitutional Affairs and
the Crown Prosecution Service.
Definitions and Measurement Systems
The crimes included are set out below in the Additional
Notes. These are, broadly, the more serious cases that come to
the attention of the police.
Brought to justice means that the offence resulted
in a caution, conviction, penalty notice or was admitted by the
offender, who asked for the offence to be taken into consideration
by the court (TIC), and signed a TIC acceptance form. Formal warnings[54]
for the possession of cannabis
are also included. Cautions include reprimands and final warnings
to juveniles where a caution would previously have been given,
and conditional cautions.
The Home Office collects these data from the courts
and the police. They constitute National Statistics and are published
in Departmental Annual Reports (in April) and Autumn Reports each
year. Both are Command papers.
Baseline
As the target is an absolute figure, no baseline
applies.
Success Criteria
The target will have been achieved if the number
of offences brought to justice in 2007/08 is more than or equal
to 1.25 million.
Additional Notes
The crimes that count towards achieving the target
are: Notifiable Offences that have to be recorded by the police
as at 1 June 2004, or which become Notifiable Offences during
the Spending Review period, plus offences of resisting or obstructing
a constable, that are then brought to justice by one of the means
set out above.
54 Also known as street warnings Back
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