Repeat violent offending intervention

Repeat violent offending can have a serious impact on people and communities. The Repeat Violent Offending Intervention Initiative (ReVOII) helps justice partners work together to supervise high-risk people. It also supports release planning and connects people with services to help reduce reoffending.

On this page

• About ReVOII
• Connecting people to supports
• Supporting targeted investigations
• How ReVOII monitors people in the program
• Release planning and case management
• ReVOII evaluation results

About ReVOII

The Repeat Violent Offending Intervention Initiative (ReVOII) is led by BC Corrections. It helps improve public safety by supporting people who have a history of repeat violent offending.

ReVOII brings together police, dedicated prosecutors, probation officers and correctional supervisors, community integration specialists and mental health liaisons to provide closer supervision for people in the program. These teams share information and create coordinated case plans.

Connecting people to supports

ReVOII helps connect people with services and supports that meet their individual needs to help them stop reoffending.

Community integration specialists help people access income, housing and community supports, and mental health liaisons help people access treatment.

Teams also work with other agencies and programs, including:

• Specialized courts
• Community transition teams
• Situation tables
• Assertive community treatment teams

People who identify as Indigenous may also be connected with culturally appropriate supports, such as Indigenous Justice Centres.

Supporting targeted investigations

ReVOII is supported by the Special Investigation and Targeted Enforcement Program (SITE).

SITE gives police more resources for investigations involving repeat violent offending. It also helps police agencies work together.

How ReVOII monitors people in the program

On average, ReVOII monitors 445 high-risk people in communities across B.C.

Once a person is identified for ReVOII, probation officers create a case plan based on that person’s needs. The person receives closer community supervision and more monitoring by police.

Police and probation officers work together to give prosecutors detailed information. This helps prosecutors make informed decisions at each stage of the court process. This includes charge assessment, bail, trial and sentencing.

Release planning and case management

Before a person is released from custody, ReVOII teams create a release plan based on that person’s needs.

A correctional supervisor and probation officer work together on the plan to help support the person’s return to the community when their sentence is complete.

ReVOII evaluation results

An internal evaluation of ReVOII (PDF, 3.2MB) found that the initiative is helping reduce offending by improving how the justice, health and social systems respond.

The evaluation found:

• Police interactions for all offences involving ReVOII individuals dropped by nearly 1,500, or 50 percent, in the 18 months after they were added to the program
• Police interactions for violent offences dropped by 480, or 56 percent, during the same period
• Dedicated Crown counsel approved ReVOII cases faster, where appropriate
• In ReVOII cases, Crown counsel asked the court to keep people in custody more often: 84 percent compared to 67 percent
• More people in ReVOII cases were held in custody while waiting for court: 75 percent compared to 56 percent
• People in the program spent more time in provincial custody: 48 percent compared to 32 percent
• People who willingly engage with ReVOII stay charge-free longer, which helps reduce risk to communities
• People who continue to reoffend face faster enforcement and may spend longer periods in custody