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ANNEX B REVIEW OF COMMUNITY PENALTIES
PARTICIPANTS IN REVIEW MEETINGS
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
- Key voluntary sector service providers including Turning Point, Phoenix Futures, NCH Scotland, Includem and Barnardos Scotland
- Academics including researchers from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and the Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde
- Selected interest groups including the Howard League, the Scottish Association for the Study of Offenders, Scottish Consortium on Crime and the Airborne Initiative
- Community Justice Authorities Chief Officers
- Community Justice Authorities Conveners
- Criminal justice agencies - the Scottish Court Service, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, the Scottish Prison Service and the Social Work Services Inspection Agency
- Representatives from health/employment/training and housing bodies
- Community Service Supervisors and managers
In addition, a session on the review took place at a meeting of the National Advisory Body on Offender Management (which contains representatives from the following organisations)
- APEX
- Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland
- Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum
- COSLA
- Crown Office
- Families Outside
- Includem
- Parole Board for Scotland
- Risk Management Authority
- SACRO
- Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
- Scottish Prison Service
- Academics from the Universities of Strathclyde, Edinburgh, London and Wales
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Victim Support Scotland
A short series of focus groups were also held with members of the public to gauge the level of public awareness of community penalties, their use and their impact.
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