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What is Community Justice?

Community Justice is a collaborative approach aimed at preventing and reducing offending. It emphasises a person-centred approach and the importance of addressing the root causes.

Community Justice advocates for;

We will achieve this by:

Reducing Crime

  • Support for People in the Justice System

    This page provides advice and support to people within the justice system and their families.

    Explaining the Justice System

    The Scottish Justice System This link will take you to Community Justice Scotland’s interactive pages that describe all aspects of the justice system from the crime, through the court process and sentencing to the end of the sentence.

    Community Options, a guide to the alternatives to prosecution, remand and custody has been produced by the Moray Community Justice Partnership.

    Court

    Scottish Courts This link will take you to the Scottish Courts website. This details the location of courts and the latest advice on attending court. Should you need to pay a fine, follow this link Pay a Fine.

    Scottish Legal Aid Board Legal Aid is the help you can sometimes get when you can’t afford to pay your own legal costs. This link will take you to information about Legal Aid.

    Post Sentencing

    Justice Social Work Justice Social Work aims to reduce reoffending, increase social inclusion of people who have committed offences and enhance public protection. This link will give you information on the services provided.

    Skills Development Scotland support individuals through a range of inclusive programmes and courses to increase their employability skills.

    Money Advice If you are seeking money and benefits advice this link will take you to further resources and can link you with the Financial Inclusion Team.

    Homelessness Advice This link will take you to advice should you find yourself homeless or at risk of homelessness.

    Support For Families


    Scottish Prison Service     This website provides information for families around visiting and supporting family and friends in prison.

    Help, information, and support for families of prisoners Families Outside is the only national charity in Scotland working exclusively on behalf of families affected by imprisonment.

  • Support for Victims and Witnesses

    This page provides information and advice for people affected by crime.

    Reporting Crime

    Police Scotland This link will take you to information on how to report a crime and further information on victim and witness support.

    Understanding the Justice System

    Community Justice Scotland – Understanding the Justice System Community Justice Scotland have created an interactive, digital map which outlines the key stages of the Scottish justice system. This map shows the range of possible journeys from an alleged crime through to multiple exit points, providing key information and statistics about each step.

    Attending Court

    Scottish Courts This website provides the location of courts and the latest news regarding attending court. This site will also give details on sentencing.

    Advice and Support

    Victim Support Scotland work with victims of crime, witnesses and their family members, regardless of who they are and their circumstances. The service is independent, free, non-judgemental and confidential. They offer bespoke support, personalised to the needs of each individual.

    Scottish Legal Aid Board work with victims of crime, witnesses and their family members, regardless of who they are and their circumstances. The service is independent, free, non-judgemental and confidential. They offer bespoke support, personalised to the needs of each individual.

  • Guidance for professionals

    This page provides information and guidance for professionals working in Moray.

    Practice Guides

    Trauma Informed Practice is key to the community justice approach. This trauma-informed practice toolkit has been developed as part of the National Trauma Training Programme, to support all sectors of the workforce, in planning and developing trauma informed services.

    A new approach to equip justice agencies with the skills and knowledge needed to reduce the re-traumatisation of victims and witnesses of crime has been developed. It underpins a key aim of the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill, to embed trauma-informed practice across the justice system.

    Resources

    Community Justice Scotland have created a range of national community justice resources which can be found on their website.

    Explore the Scottish Justice System through their interactive map.

    Their Framing Toolkit is available to support people and organisations to shape how they speak, write and communicate about community justice in ways that have the potential to increase public awareness and confidence in it as a sentencing option.

    This online resource provides information about the range of community support services available in Scotland. The information is provided by local Community Justice Partnerships and collated by Community Justice Scotland. It includes details on sentencing measures such as Community Payback Orders, Drug Treatment and Testing Orders, Structured Deferred Sentences, Bail Supervision, Third Sector Programmes and other relevant statutory services and interventions.

    Learning & Development

    The ‘Second Chancers’ campaign from Community Justice Scotland offers an insight into lived experience of the justice system in Scotland. 

    The Community Justice Scotland Learning Hub is a library of information aimed at colleagues across the justice sector, and beyond, to develop understanding – and support the delivery of projects both nationally and locally. It contains resources split into categories to explore and learn about the different aspects of community justice. It contains information from communications guidance on how to talk about community justice to training materials, images, restorative justice guides and the latest stats and facts. Community Justice Scotland’s national training is also included.

    A range of local learning and development opportunities are available through the public protection team. For information please click here

  • Moray Community Justice Partnership

    Community Justice in Scotland


    A new model for Community Justice came into effect in Scotland on 1st April 2017. This is underpinned by the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.  Responsibility for local strategic planning and delivery of community justice services transferred to ‘community justice partners’, as identified in the Act. Community Justice Scotland was established in 2017 to oversee and support community justice nationally and to enable the aims set out in the national strategy.

    Community Justice in Moray

    The Moray Community Justice Partnership was formed in 2017. It comprises a number of national and local organisations that work together to reduce offending in Moray and improve outcomes for people impacted by the justice system.

    The Community Justice Act requires each local authority area to have a Community Justice Partnership consisting of statutory partners identified in the Act, in addition to a number of locally identified key partners.

    The statutory Community Justice Partners in Moray are:

    Local Partners:

    Local Publications
    National Publications

    Contact Us:

    Email: communityjustice@moray.gov.uk

For more information contact us…
communityjustice@moray.gov.uk