Community Supervision CPAI
Produced by the
Probation and After-care (Non-executives and legal departments)
Authored by
Probation
and published on
31 Dec 2016
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
In September 2016 Jersey Probation and Aftercare Service (JPACS) was the subject
of an evaluation to assess the extent to which its community supervision services
adhere to principles of effective practice. The aims of this study were congruent with
the Service’s intentions to reduce re-offending and produce reports to assist with
policy formation. The CPAI-2010 (Gendreau, Andrews & Thériault, 2010) was used
to assess nine domains of service delivery (eight of which are scored). The evaluation
identified JPACS as having a number of strengths, achieving the highest possible
rating of very satisfactory in every domain relating to effective practice and 100%
scores in domains relating to the characteristics of management and staff, interagency communication and evaluation practices. This indicates that JPACS is
currently well placed to deliver effective intervention services that reduce the
reoffending of clients and, as a strong, professionalised service, to continue to develop
these in response to the recommendations outlined in this report.