Victims and resolutions
Our Work — Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
The Joint inspection of child protection arrangements (JICPA) is a Welsh only inspection and is similar to the Joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) in England. The JICPA inspection involves several other inspectorates: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Health Inspectorate Wales; Estyn; and HMI Probation. JICPA follows a theme for each inspection. For example, in December 2019…
Our Work — Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
In 2016, a programme of joint targeted area child protection inspections in England was launched. These short, focused inspections were carried out on a multi-agency basis, led by Ofsted and also involving HMICFRS, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and HMI Probation. In November 2021, with Ofsted and the CQC, we piloted a new joint inspection…
Our Work — Victims and resolutions
HMICFRS is conducting an inspection of how effectively the criminal justice system meets the needs of victims. This is a joint inspection with HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Probation.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Victims and resolutions
This page sets out information about HMICFRS’s joint inspections of police custody, including: why we inspect police custody facilities; our rolling programme; who we work with; published reports; and related documents. Why we inspect police custody facilities These inspections contribute to the UK’s response to the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or…
Our Work — Large-scale policing, Protecting people online, Victims and resolutions
Fraud is a unique type of crime. There is more of it than there is of other crimes, it is often complex and it has no respect for jurisdictional boundaries. Victims and offenders are often remote from one another, as are the agencies that tackle fraud. Unlike other crimes, there is a national process for…
Our Work — Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
Background The Policing and Crime Act 2017 introduced several changes to policing. One of the main elements of the legislation made changes to bail. In particular, it introduced release without bail (although bail can still be applied if the police consider it “necessary and proportionate in all the circumstances”). This change allowed for the principle…
Our Work — Police engagement with women and girls, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
The Rape Monitoring Group (RMG) is a multi-agency group in England and Wales, which HMICFRS co-ordinates. The RMG was established in 2007 to promote improvements in response to rape across the criminal justice system.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, International and specialist agencies, Victims and resolutions
Building on experience from the police custody suite inspections, HMICFRS and HM Inspectorate of Prisons, introduced Terrorism Act custody facilities inspection in England.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
Please note: In July 2017 HMIC took on responsibility for fire & rescue service inspections and was renamed HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). Inspections carried out before July 2017 may continue to refer to HMIC. The welfare of vulnerable people in police custody In January 2014, the Home Secretary commissioned…
Our Work — Victims and resolutions
Youth offending teams (YOTs) are provided by local councils to work with young people that are arrested or in trouble with the police; are sentenced with a crime and have to go to court; or are convicted of a crime and sentenced. Although YOTs are separate from the police and the courts, they work closely…