The partnership should add value to the community and to the partners. Because formal government processes have gradually taken over so much authority and power, the system also has a leadership responsibility in moving from the current approach to one in which the community is the lead partner. To link communities with others who have common interests and goals to share experience and learnings. To lead a process of clarifying the statewide vision and goals for the criminal justice process. Only interventions which are grounded in the community and directed by the community are likely to strengthen the community.
Mutual responsibility is the loom on which the fabric of community is woven.
Crime represents a failure of responsibility clearly on the offender side sometimes on the community side as well. Our response to crime must emphasize and re-establish mutual responsibility. The criminal justice system must facilitate and support this work, but it is primarily a community function. The community must lead its own moral work. Expert model Community viewed as a client with a right to know something about what the professional system is doing Professional system defines and solves the problem but keeps community more informed about what it does Justice system provides information to the community about its activities and asks for intelligence information form the community to help do its work.