Appendix 2. Supplementary Performance Information

The performance measures that appear earlier in this plan relate to specific activities that are conducted within separate core business areas. Responsibility for this kind of performance measure and control over the results reside largely within each respective business area.

However, there are other broader measures of performance that do not fall exclusively under the auspices of a single core business area or even a single ministry. These measures are referred to as system indicators. System indicators are characterized by widely shared responsibility for, or control over, their outcomes.

The indicator percentage of offenders who do not re-offend is used by the ministry to assess the overall effectiveness of the justice system in not only managing adult offenders, but also focusing on their rehabilitation. However, success in reducing recidivism is not under the exclusive control of a single business area nor the ministry itself; reduced re-offending behaviour is a multifaceted outcome that involves all components of the criminal justice system as well as many other aspects of government, such as health, education and human resources.

For that reason, the indicator is included in this plan as supplementary performance information. It captures the percentage of offenders who are not sentenced to a subsequent offense for two years following completion of a jail sentence or upon being sentenced to community supervision.⁶