Objectives
We acknowledge that many of the violence against women and girls (VAWG) crime types cross all social and demographic boundaries, and the impact is often as harmful. We do not seek to reduce the impact by not referencing the different characteristics - our approach will be felt by all.
We seek to improve our service by:
- holding offenders to account for their actions ensuring that we effectively utilise the full range of preventative and protective measures in addition to seeking criminal justice outcomes
- working with partners to create safe spaces for women and girls to live, work and socialise, improving feelings of safety
- ensuring women and girls receive a quality service in line with our commitment, priorities and values by embedding the Victim Code and Witness Charter
- ensuring the effectiveness of our response by developing an evidence base on 'what works' and working in partnership to tackle the underlying causes that drive offences against women and girls
- supporting and delivering education programmes that address behaviours that feed negative attitudes. We will raise awareness of the experiences of women and girls and create an early intervention programme when young people are identified as presenting a risk
- raising awareness throughout the organisation to ensure our attitudes and behaviours are in line with organisational expectations to enhance our culture and ensure that issues that affect women and girls are understood by all
- continue to raise standards of professional behaviour, addressing poor conduct of officers and staff – this is being managed by our Professional Standards Department under our Counter Corruption Strategy
- deliver an effective communication strategy that encourages and maintains positive engagement internally and externally; keeping people informed of progress