Criticism of The MAPPA
Points of criticism of the MAPPA include:
- Research has highlighted MAPPA arrangements are not uniformly applied and that standards, practice and procedure varies considerably between local areas.
- Apart from a one-off payment two years ago, there has been no extra funding for police, probation or prisons, or indeed other agencies for dedicated resourcing of MAPPA work.
- The law on information sharing is complex and confusing, and includes a meshing of human rights, data protection, common law and defamation legislation.
- Evaluation mechanisms of MAPPA are in most agencies immature and still in process of development. It is therefore hard to know how much these measures are tangibly adding to public protection.
- The focus has been on level three cases, but level two cases can be extremely dangerous as well, and there has often been little or no evaluation of the management of these cases in reporting mechanisms.
- Recent research indicates that there is inadequate training and professional support for staff working in Public Protection Arrangements across many parts of the country.
Read more about this topic: Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements
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