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Spending Review
Reduce crime and the fear of crime and their social and economic costs and dispense justice fairly and efficiently and to promote confidence in the rule of law.
Objective I: reduce crime and the fear of crime.
1. Reduce crime and the fear of crime; improve performance overall, including by reducing the gap between the highest crime Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership areas and the best comparable areas; and reduce:
Objective II: ensure the effective delivery of justice.
2. Improve the delivery of justice by increasing the number of crimes for which an offender is brought to justice to 1.2 million by 2005-06; with an improvement in all CJS areas, a greater increase in the worse performing areas and a reduction in the proportion of ineffective trials.
3. Improve the level of public confidence in the Criminal Justice System, including increasing that of ethnic minority communities, and increasing year on year the satisfaction of victims and witnesses, whilst respecting the rights of defendants.
Objective III: deliver effective custodial and community sentences to reduce re-offending and protect the public.
4. Protect the public and reduce re-offending by 5%:
5. Increase value for money from the Criminal Justice System by 3% a year.
The Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Attorney General are jointly responsible for the commitments related to the overall performance of the CJS as set out in this PSA.
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