Procedural justice and process-based models: understanding how practitioners utilise Community Protection Notices to regulate anti-social behaviour.

HEAP, Vicky, BLACK, Alexandra and RODGERS, Zoe (2023). Procedural justice and process-based models: understanding how practitioners utilise Community Protection Notices to regulate anti-social behaviour. Criminology and Criminal Justice.

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Abstract

Community Protection Notices (CPNs) were created and introduced in England and Wales through the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act (2014). They are used to prevent and/or require specific actions by an individual or organisation, where existing behaviour has ‘a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality’. A wide range of criminal justice actors can issue Community Protection Notices, and they require a low/no standard of evidence to do so. Breach of a Community Protection Notice results in a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100 or a possible criminal conviction. Using procedural justice theory as an analytical framework, our research is the first to investigate how Community Protection Notices are constructed, evidenced and monitored by the authorising bodies. The findings highlight divergent local practices, which sometimes lack procedural safeguards and adherence to Home Office statutory guidance. We propose 10 empirically based recommendations for policy and legislative changes to Community Protection Notice issuing practices.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1602 Criminology; 1801 Law; Criminology
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958221151113
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Elements
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2023 13:24
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 17:47
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31307

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