Performance
The Criminal Justice System needs to be transparent and accountable to the local communities it serves. Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) were established across England and Wales in April 2003 to enable us to do this better.
Each of the 42 LCJBs have targets which local agencies must work together to achieve. The targets are:
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Bringing more offences to justice
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Reducing the amount of trials which do not go ahead as scheduled (known as ineffective trials) in both Crown and Magistrates' Courts
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Increasing the percentage of people who have confidence in the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System in bringing offences to justice.
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Increasing the percentage of fines payment
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Reducing the average number of days from arrest to sentence of Persistent Young Offenders
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Improving timeliness in Crown and Magistrates' Courts
For further information on your local area's performance please visit our National Criminal Justice Board site at http://ncjb.cjsonline.gov.uk