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Scoping document for Public Service Productivity: Criminal Justice System – March 2008
Scoping document for Public Service Productivity: Criminal Justice System – March 2008
This article is the first in a series of articles that will explore the inputs, outputs and productivity of the Criminal Justice System (CJS) within the context of National Accounts (NA).
The article describes current methods for measuring CJS output in NA and reviews a number of options for improving the current methodology. The first involves improving and pdating the current ONS methodology, estimating the individual output of the different CJS agencies. The second is an Administration of Justice approach, which recognises the interdependencies between CJS agencies and the third is an outcome based model which gauges the impact of the CJS and other factors on levels of crime. While the latter two options are attractive in principle, at present they cannot be implemented.
The article also recognises the limitations of the existing measures of CJS inputs and several options for improvement in this area are discussed.
A number of recommendations for the future measurement of the inputs, outputs and productivity of the CJS are proposed.
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