Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA)
The multi-agency public protection arrangements (the MAPPA) grew out of the closer working relationship which developed between the police and probation (and latterly other agencies) in the late 1990s. Sections 67 & 68 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act (2000) first placed these arrangements on a statutory footing. Sections 325-327 of the Criminal Justice Act (2003) re-enacted and strengthened those provisions. Essentially, the legislation requires the police, prison and probation services (acting jointly as the ‘Responsible Authority’) in each of the 42 Areas of England and Wales: (i) to establish arrangements for assessing and managing the risks posed by sexual and violent offenders; (ii) to review and monitor the arrangements; and, as part of the reviewing and monitoring arrangements,
(iii) to prepare and publish an annual report on their operation.
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Last update: Thursday, May 29, 2008