MAPPA - protecting communities through sharing knowledge
MAPPA stands for Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements and is the
process by which the Police, Probation and Prison Services work together
with other agencies to manage the risks posed by violent and sexual
offenders living in the community in order to protect the public.
All offenders under the MAPPA process are assessed to establish the level
of risk of harm they pose to the public and then risk management plans are
worked out for each offender to manage those risks.
MAPPA allows agencies to work together effectively to implement the plans
by sharing information and meeting regularly.
There are three levels of MAPPA management, which are based upon the level
of multi-agency co-operation with higher risk cases tending to be managed
at the higher levels.
A Strategic Management Board sits in each area and oversees the MAPPA
process. It is made up of the Responsible Authorities (Police, Probation
and Prison Services) and the Duty to Co-operate agencies (Local Authority
Social Care Services, Primary Care Trusts, other NHS Trusts and Strategic
Health Authorities, Jobcentre Plus, Youth Offending Teams, Registered
Social Landlords which accommodate MAPPA offenders, Local Housing
Authorities, Local Education Authorities and Electronic Monitoring
Providers).
MAPPA is an effective, well-established set of arrangements and only a
small number of offenders actively managed under the arrangements go on to
commit further serious offences.
However, the arrangements are not fool proof and no system of community
offender management can eliminate risk completely.
In Cleveland, a pilot scheme has been introduced for parents, carers and
guardians to enquire about whether a named individual who has access to
their children is a registered sex offender, to complement the safeguarding
procedures that already exist.
Find out more
information about MAPPA on Teesside or view the
Keeping your
communities safe leaflet.
