order to assess the victim, offender, community and officer perceptions (Meadows et al., 2012, p.9). Statistics released from South Yorkshire police show that between March and August 2010, more than 425 cases had been resolved using restorative practices (South Yorkshire Police, 2010) and by March 2011 1,300 RJ interventions had been recorded since the launch in 2010 (South Yorkshire Police, 2011a). In the first instance, 1,700 front line officers were trained in the use of restorative disposals, and then a further 160 trained in conferencing by the local mediation service Remedi. Since the inception of the SYRJP in March 2011 until February 2012 a total of 3,357 RJ interventions had been carried out across the county (Meadows et al., 2012, p.22) As noted above, a series of interviews were conducted with RJ managers and leading facilitators in the areas covered in Phase One. In South Yorkshire, an interview was conducted with a senior officer within the criminal justice administration department who was in charge of overseeing the de-centralisation of the SYRJP as it was gradually disbanded to the district commanders for their control. A previous contact created during the dissertation project (discussed in researcher’s earlier chapter 1) with SYP was also interviewed outside of the police station as they had since retired from the police service. It was important to utilise their experience and knowledge in order to reach the appropriate participants who were still present within SYP. The previous managers of RJ had retired upon the decentralisation of the SYRJP and the current member of staff interviewed had not been in the position for a long period of time, nor could they comment substantially on the history or development of the RJ processes being implemented in SYP. Humberside Police Humberside Police covers the East Riding of Yorkshire, the city of Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, each of which acts as an individual BCU (Basic Command Unit) or Division. In Humberside, restorative justice and the use of restorative practices are very new concepts and were at the time of the interview mainly being used only within one Division (Hull). In 2006, after the 2005 national conference launching the Justice: document ‘Restorative Helping to meet local needs – A Guide for Local Criminal Justice Boards and Agencies’,
order to assess the victim, offender, community and officer perceptions (Meadows et al., 2012, p.9). Statistics released from South Yorkshire police show that between March and August 2010, more than 425 cases had been resolved using restorative practices (South Yorkshire Police, 2010) and by March 2011 1,300 RJ interventions had been recorded since the launch in 2010 (South Yorkshire Police, 2011a). In the first instance, 1,700 front line officers were trained in the use of restorative disposals, and then a further 160 trained in conferencing by the local mediation service Remedi. Since the inception of the SYRJP in March 2011 until February 2012 a total of 3,357 RJ interventions had been carried out across the county (Meadows et al., 2012, p.22) As noted above, a series of interviews were conducted with RJ managers and leading facilitators in the areas covered in Phase One. In South Yorkshire, an interview was conducted with a senior officer within the criminal justice administration department who was in charge of overseeing the de-centralisation of the SYRJP as it was gradually disbanded to the district commanders for their control. A previous contact created during the researcher’s earlier dissertation project (discussed in chapter 1) with SYP was also interviewed outside of the police station as they had since retired from the police service. It was important to utilise their experience and knowledge in order to reach the appropriate participants who were still present within SYP. The previous managers of RJ had retired upon the decentralisation of the SYRJP and the current member of staff interviewed had not been in the position for a long period of time, nor could they comment substantially on the history or development of the RJ processes being implemented in SYP. Humberside Police Humberside Police covers the East Riding of Yorkshire, the city of Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, each of which acts as an individual BCU (Basic Command Unit) or Division. In Humberside, restorative justice and the use of restorative practices are very new concepts and were at the time of the interview mainly being used only within one Division (Hull). In 2006, after the 2005 national conference launching the document ‘Restorative Justice: Helping to meet local needs – A Guide for Local Criminal Justice Boards and Agencies’,
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