Community Justice
What community justice is and Community Justice Renfrewshire.
What Community Justice is
Community justice is where people who have broken the law are held to account and supported to reconnect and contribute to their communities.
Where it is safe to do so, people who commit certain crimes receive community-based sentences. This can include treatment for underlying issues such as drug or alcohol addiction, unpaid work, fines and compensation or restrictions of liberty such as electronic monitoring and curfews.
Evidence shows community justice can help people stop breaking the law again leading to fewer victims and safer communities.
Community Justice Renfrewshire
Community Justice Renfrewshire is a forum of justice partners.
We identify and prioritise improvement activity that helps support the rehabilitation of people who have offended.
We are established within Renfrewshire's Community Planning arrangements, meaning our work feeds into wider activity to improve outcomes for local people.
Our justice partners include senior decision makers from the following organisations:
- Police Scotland
- NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
- Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
- Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
- Scottish Prison Service
- Crown Office and Procuration Fiscal Service
- Skills Development Scotland
- Engage Renfrewshire
- Victim Support Scotland.
Like other justice partnerships across the country, our work feeds into the National Strategy for Community Justice (2022).
