Infected Blood Compensation Body Adding controlling or coercive behaviour to MAPPA
Sections 325 to 327B of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 ("CJA 2003") provide for the establishment of multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) across England and Wales. These arrangements require the Police, Probation and Prison Services (which jointly constitute the MAPPA responsible authority in the police force areas in England and Wales) to work together with other agencies to assess and manage the risks posed by violent, sexual, and terrorist offenders living in the community in order to protect the public. Offenders who meet the criteria set out in sections 325 to 327 of the CJA 2003 will be subject to management under the MAPPA process.
	Under current arrangements, offenders convicted of controlling or coercive behaviour can be managed under the discretionary power in section 325(2)(b) of the CJA 2003 which allows for management of other offenders who are assessed to pose a risk to the public.
	On 20 February 2023, in a written statement the then Home Secretary undertook to add the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour to the list of offences to result in an offender being automatically managed under MAPPA.1 2 MAPPA enable more intensive management and targeting of the most dangerous domestic abuse offenders.