Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements

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Inspector Yvonne Dales MAPPA Policy Strategy
Officer
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Aim To provide an introduction to MAPPA and
raise awareness of the arrangements
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• Responsible Authorities Police, Probation
  Prisons
• Duty to Co-operate Agencies
• Youth Offending Teams, Jobcentre Plus,
• Local Education Authorities,
• Registered Social Landlords, LA Social Care
  Services
• Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care
  Trusts, NHS Trusts and
• Electronic monitoring providers

(s.325 Criminal Justice Act 2003)
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The MAPPA Framework
Identifying offenders
Stage 1
Information Exchange
Stage 2
Risk Assessment
Stage 3
Risk Management
Stage 4
National MAPPA Guidance issued under Section
325(8) Criminal Justice Act (2003)
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Mappa offenders

• Category 1 Registered Sexual Offenders
• Category 2 Violent and other sexual offenders
  sentenced to 12months imprisonment or subject to
  hospital orders
• Category 3 Other offenders whos past
  convictions and current behaviour cause concern

(Criminal Justice Act 2003)
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Information sharing

• have lawful authority
• be necessary
• be proportionate and done in ways which,
• ensure the safety and security of the
  information shared and
• be accountable

(2007) MAPPA Guidance Version 2
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Serious Harm

• A risk which is life threatening and/or
  traumatic and from which recovery, whether
  physical or psychological , can be expected to be
  difficult or impossible

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Risk of serious harm

• Low - no significant current indicators of
  serious harm
• Medium - potential for harm but unlikely unless
  there is a change in circumstances
• High - identifiable indicators of risk of harm,
  the potential event could happen at any time and
  the impact would be serious
• Very High - imminent risk of serious harm with
  serious impact

(OASys)
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Risk management

• Level 1 ordinary risk management (mainly single
  agency)
• Level 2 Multi-Agency Public Protection Meeting
  (two or three agencies working together)
• Level 3 Multi-Agency Public Protection Meeting

(MAPPA Guidance 2007)
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Statistics(2006 07)
(Nottinghamshire Annual MAPPA Report 2006-07)
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Mappa Team01623 483052

• MAPPA Manager -Senior Probation Officer Sarah
  West
• Prison Service MAPPA Manager Prison Governor
  Kevin Billson
• MAPPA Policy Strategy Officer Police Inspector
  Yvonne Dales
• Mappa_at_nottinghamshire.pnn.police.uk