Criminal Justice System

You have been commissioned to write a 1,000 (+/-10%) word report for the Secretary of State for Justice to critically evaluate multi-agency work in the criminal justice system in relation to supporting offenders. Additional Guidance: • You must reference your report according to APA 7th edition. • You must draw on academic literature/governmental reports to provide evidence for the points being made in this report. • The focus of the report must be focused on critically evaluating multi-agency work in the criminal justice system (what is good/bad about multi-agency work) when it comes to supporting offenders. • Critically evaluate = discuss the strengths/weaknesses o What is good about multi-agency work in relation to supporting offenders? o What are the limitations of multi-agency work in relation to supporting offenders? • Start the report in a more general sense by: o Defining multi-agency working o Providing a context and rationale for the report Proposed Structure: 1. Table of Contents (not included in word count) 2. Introduction (150 words) 3. Main Body: Critical evaluation of multi-agency work in relation to supporting offenders (600 words) 4. Conclusion (150 words) 5. Recommendations (100 words) 6. References (not included in word count