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  • Criminal justice – it's a service, not just a system
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    The election of Police and Crime Commissioners in November brings an opportunity to improve the citizen's experience of criminal justice, says Andrew Morley, former chief executive of the London Criminal Justice Partnership While it is encouraging to see more and more discussion around the role and impact of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC), there remains a significant gap around what a PCC might do to discharge the crime element of their role and the opportunity that brings to

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    Surrey Police puts roles for private firms on hold
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    Plans to contract out some elements of Surrey policing to private companies are to be put on hold until the autumn. Surrey's Chief Constable Lynn

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    Police heckle Theresa May's reforms speech
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    The Home Secretary was heckled today as she told rank-and-file officers that changes to their pay and conditions were reforms which hard-working police

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    Alan White

    "It’s all a joke. All I do with the parole officers is pretend to look like I care.”

    I remember how surprising I found Nathan’s words, five years ago now. I met him after he’d been released from Rochester - the first man I'd ever met in that situation. He’d been left with a £53 warrant, a license with a list of conditions, and a set of appointments to keep with housing and parole and so on. Was that really it? Who’d offer him work now he had a criminal record? If he didn't care about the parole officers, what incentive was there to get a job, to further his education? There was one guy, from a charity, who'd introduced us. He'd try to call Nathan every day. He said it was going to be a struggle. Most of his mates were drug dealers. That was the only way Nathan knew how to make money.
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    Free thinking, free membership, free association. Breaking down barriers, and bringing people together to get things moving.

    One voice – singing in the darkness – well not any more! There are over 1700 members in the award-winning No Offence! forum and it’s still growing fast. Why? Well it costs nothing to join, and provides access and opportunity in the criminal justice sector.
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    Future conference information available here!

    All our conferences are not stand-alone events, speakers ‘wheeled in’ to perform and a day out of the office. Each one forms part of our broader agenda to challenge and debate the right way to really make a difference within criminal justice.     Every conference is evaluated to ensure we are hitting the right spot for you, with a ‘bottom up’ led agenda and a real opportunity for No Offence! members to contribute to the future of criminal justice. ...
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    No Offence! is an award winning Community Interest Company, supported by our Management Team, Advisory Board, Ambassadors, Patron and Volunteers. Together with our growing number of members, we bring together the largest group of criminal justice expertise all in one place!
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    No Offence! Is YOUR     forum and we want to make sure that we give you what you want and need. This is what our members have said about No Offence!


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    This section gives you all the useful information you need as a potential new member of No Offence! The concept is simple but highly effective and is all about partnership building, sharing good practice and reducing wastage by avoiding reinventing the wheel, its actually all about people talking to each other from across the entire sector!
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    Our vision for the future of No Offence! drives ongoing development. No Offence! CIC continues to grow, with over 1600 registered members and two successful conferences under our belt and a schedule of future conferences focusing on a variety of specific issues to come.

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    Pact is a charity which provides practical and emotional support to prisoners' children and families, and to prisoners themselves.

    We run a number of family-friendly visitors' centres at prisons across the UK, where we support the families of prisoners, and run children's play services in prison visits halls.
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    Would you like to advertise your job opportunities directly into the heart of Criminal Justice?

    Advertising within No Offence! is an ideal way to reach maximum potential candidates, easily and efficiently directly within our own market place.


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