Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2004
Digest
Information
“To reduce crime and the fear of crime, tackle youth
crime and violent, sexual and drug-related crime,
anti-social behaviour and disorder, increasing safety
in the home and public spaces.”
Home Office Aim 1
This statement confirms our joint commitment to reduce crime and disorder. The Digest
is published quarterly and aims to support crime reduction/community safety practitioners
in police and local authorities working in statutory partnerships by facilitating information
exchange. The Digest is a forum for your initiatives and experiences. Its success depends on
you, the practitioners, contributing your articles. Deadline for copy is given below. Articles
MUST be submitted by this date.
So that everyone can benefit from your work and experience, we ask contributors to
consider both what worked and what didn’t work within their projects. Projects may be well
conceived and still not achieve all their aims; this does not mean they have failed. Please be
brave enough to discuss what aspects did not achieve the expected outcomes. Include as
much information as you can, covering the analysis of the problem and how it was
identified, the response devised and how it was implemented and an assessment of the final
outcomes.
Note:
The inclusion of material in the Digest or reference to any products/services does not
signify that they have been tested or evaluated. Nor should inclusion be thought to confer
‘official’ approval.
You can reproduce material from this Digest, but we ask that you reference CRC and the
originating organisation as the source, do not use the information out of context and
that there are no charges connected with the reproduction of the material.
January 2004
The next Digest will be
Centre Staff with you in April ‘04.
January 2004 1
Contents Centre News 4
Win a digital camera! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Staff News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Home Survey Training Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Crime Reduction Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Crime Prevention Initiatives (CPI) Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Active Communities 8
The 2001 Home Office Citizenship Survey: people, families and
communities Home Office Research Study 270 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
IDeA Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Crime Fighting Budget gives Power to the People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Building Civil Renewal: A Review of Government Support for Community Capacity
Building and Proposals for Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Evaluation of a contracted community policing experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Second Generation Local Public Service Agreements (PSAs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Crime Reduction Basics Training for Residents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Philip Lawrence Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Anti-Social Behaviour 13
Graffiti and Vandalism on and around public transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
‘Respect for Nottingham’ Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Getting there: Reducing crime on public transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
A balanced approach to anti-social behaviour: A summary of interventions . . . . . . . .16
Patterns and precursors of adolescent anti-social behaviour: Types, Resiliency and
Environmental Influences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Burglary 17
Operation Footsteps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
"Lock ‘em Out!" Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Business Crime 18
Better Business Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Launch of the Action Against Business Crime Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Designing Out Crime 19
Secured by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Domestic Violence 19
‘It hits home’ - Domestic Violence Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Domestic Violence Poster Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Mid Lincolnshire Action Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Drugs and Alcohol 21
‘FRANK’ Campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
‘Make Mine A Safe One’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Experimenting...with Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
‘Rat on a Rat’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
‘Dead Drunk’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Fraud 24
Chip and PIN Credit Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
General 24
Community Justice Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Tilley Awards 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
British Community Safety Awards 2003 Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
General/
Exchange
of Ideas/
Conferences
Staff News
Peter Cullwick joined the Course for Meat Hygiene Inspectors. She will be
Support Team in October and will the key contact in TRS for people wishing
provide administrative assistance to to order publications.
the Centre's Training Team. This is Congratulations to Richard Cox who
Peter's first full-time position since was successful in his promotion to
completing his degree in physics at Information Services Manager last
York University. Whilst studying, Peter September. Richard will be responsible for
worked part-time as a cash office associate managing the Information Services Team,
for TK Maxx, where he gained some who deal with enquiries from crime
invaluable supervisory experience. reduction practitioners nationwide.
Lyndsey Ibbotson joined Training Jane Jones, the editor of the Digest,
Resource Solutions (TRS) went on maternity leave in December. Her
in November. Lyndsey baby is due in January.
transferred from the
The Digest can be viewed and Meat Hygiene Service, Whilst Jane is on leave, submissions for the
downloaded via the Crime where she worked on a Digest should be made to Richard Cox in the
Reduction Website: Continuing Professional Information Services Team Tel: 01347 825065
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/ Development Programme E-mail: richard.cox@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
digest.htm
Copies are also available as a
Portable Document File (PDF).
If you require copies e-mailed
Home Survey Training Brief
to you in PDF format, please
In response to numerous requests, the Centre has produced the Home Survey Training Brief
contact the Information
to help crime reduction practitioners provide community groups with the skills to undertake
Services Team who will add
home surveys.
your details to the mailing
The training brief can be used with a wide range of people, including community
list: Tel: 01347 825067.
groups, community support officers, youth groups and the elderly. It has been written in a
way that can be adapted to specific groups and is broken into 3 two and a half-hour training
sessions to allow for flexibility in its delivery.
The brief contains:
• Guidance on how it should be used.
• A series of lesson plans containing information points, activities and questions, trainer
notes and handouts.
• Feedback forms for each session.
For further information contact • A list of useful contact details.
Simon Jones, Home Office,
Crime Reduction Centre, The course introduces participants to the ‘Home Security Computer Based Training
The Hawkhills, Easingwold, Package’, guiding them through each section, whilst allowing for periods of discussion,
York YO61 3EG reflection and practical home surveys.
Tel: 01347 825081 The Home Survey Training Brief has been produced as a Word document and is
E-mail: accompanied by PowerPoint presentations, that can be edited to suit individual needs. It is
simon.jones@homeoffice. available to view and download via the Crime Reduction Website:
gsi.gov.uk www.crimereduction.gov.uk/homesurvey
Learning Zone
There are a couple of new on-line learning facilities for practitioners, including an
Advanced Reading List which has been created for those who already have some
knowledge of crime reduction but who want to gain a deeper understanding of the field.
Additionally, the New Practitioner's Reading List has been updated with the creation of a
series of topic-specific lists. These can be found in the Virtual Library:
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/learningzone/lz_library.htm. There is also a new Glossary
of Crime Reduction Terms:www.crimereduction.gov.uk/learningzone/lz_glossary.htm
Mini-sites
The burglary pages on the Crime Reduction Website are currently being re-developed into 3
mini-sites. The Mini-sites for Burglary, Distraction Burglary and Student Victimisation will be
available in January 2004 through the Mini-sites section at:
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/minisites.
Each site is self-contained and designed for easy navigation and information finding.
They carry links to other parts of the Crime Reduction Website as well as to other useful
websites.
If you have any comments or suggestions about the new Mini-sites, we would like to
hear from you.
• Burglary - contact Oscar Ramudo Tel: 020 7035 5260
E-mail: oscar.ramudo@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
• Distraction Burglary - contact Ruth Houston Tel: 020 7035 5245
E-mail: ruth.houston@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
• Student Victimisation - contact Katie Weeks Tel: 020 7035 5258
E-mail: katie.weeks@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
The new Statistics Mini-site has been set up to enable crime reduction practitioners to
access the latest statistics relating to their work quickly and easily. Pages are broken down by
subject and each one contains links to information that is relevant to the work of the crime
reduction community, including Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO)statistics, Crime in
England and Wales figures and International Comparisons. If you have any suggestions for
other information that you think should be included, please let us know.
A new Domestic Violence Mini-site brings together a wealth of information on this
issue, including an extensive set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
All these Mini-sites, together with those previously published, can be found at:
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/minisites.
Monthly Bulletin
We publish a regular monthly e-mail bulletin featuring a
selection of the best items added to the site over the
previous month. The current bulletin, which includes
instructions on how to subscribe, can be found at:
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/monthlybulletin.htm.
Project Name:
Description Summary:
(the aims and objectives of the project and how it works)
Geographic Location:
National: Project Area:
County: Coverage:
e.g. specific estate, town centre
Lead Organisation:
Partners:
Contact Details:
Name(s):
Organisation:
Address:
Post Code:
Tel: Fax:
E-mail: Website:
Funding:
(Funding Sources if applicable e.g. Home office, Local Authority, Business, Panel - Cash or Kind e.g. secondment/office space)
Total Cost: £
(if known)
Thank You
I agree to this information being stored on the Home Office database/website Yes No
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IDeA Website
Improvement and Development Agency
IDeA (the Improvement and Development Agency) has re-developed their Neighbourhood
Renewal Website, making it an invaluable tool for practitioners with an interest in the topic.
The new site includes:
• Beacon case studies.
• A neighbourhood renewal route map.
• How to use information.
• Approaches to community engagement.
• Working effectively with partners.
The site also features the Neighbourhood Renewal Diagnostic Tool, which provides details on
how to assess what people are doing in Neighbourhood Renewal and where to focus future
efforts to become more effective.
For more information visit the IDeA Neighbourhood Renewal Website www.idea-knowledge.gov.
uk/80256d350027cd0f/httppublicpages/d9f36a82706e8fc880256d9c003ab5ce?
opendocument Please note that visitors are required to register and log in before viewing this site.
Safer Blaenau Gwent has awarded over £30,000 to help local people fight crime and
combat disorder in their neighbourhoods.
The money, which forms part of the Home Office’s Building Safer
Communities grant, is being used to fund a wide range of local crime
prevention and community safety initiatives. The county borough’s 4 Crime
Prevention Panels will each benefit from the money and plan to use it to
support the area’s first ever ‘Crucial Crew’ for all year 6 primary school children. A new
Blaenau Gwent Neighbourhood Watch Association will also be developed, together with a
community crime-fighting fund, which will enable a variety of local groups to apply for
finance to support individual crime reduction projects.
Other initiatives being developed as a result of the funding include an arson reduction
and awareness-raising campaign involving schools and public transport, as well as the
creation of a new Licensing Forum to tackle alcohol-related disorder. A series of community
safety road shows are also planned and a survey will be conducted to determine how crime
and the fear of crime affect the lives of the local people.
For more information contact Stephen Carr, Community Safety Officer, Blaenau Gwent County Borough
Council, Civic Centre, Ebbw Vale NP23 6XB
Tel: 01495 355683 Fax: 01495 301255 E-mail: community.safety@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
Building capacity of both individuals and • The policies and practices that govern
groups within communities is central to the way that central, regional and local
the process of civil renewal, enabling local government supports community
people to develop their own solutions to engagement and thus civil renewal,
the issues that affect them most. through community capacity building
Community groups have a crucial role to initiatives and programmes.
play in this re-invigoration of public life.
The Home Office Civil Renewal Unit With both proposals, the Government’s
is inviting comments and views on the focus is on how to make better use of For further information contact
‘Building Civil Renewal: A Review of existing resources to achieve policy Vandna Gohil, Policy Advisor,
Government Support for Community objectives. A number of departments have Community Development
Capacity Building and Proposals for made strong statements of commitment in Team, Home Office, Civil
Change’ consultation document. The the report and the Civil Renewal Unit will Renewal Unit, Active
closing date for responses is 26 March be working with them as they implement Communities Directorate,
2004. those commitments in 2004 onwards. 3rd Floor, Allington Towers,
The proposals for change outlined in Readers of the Digest are invited to use 19 Allington Street, London
the report relate to: the consultation document as a resource to SW1E 5EB
• The provision of support to stimulate discussion with local community Tel: 020 7035 5304
community groups and community groups and Crime and Reduction Disorder E-mail:
capacity building activities at Partnerships (CDRPs). Feedback should be vandna.gohil@homeoffice.
community level, whether that be a e-mailed to: Ccbr@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk gsi.gov.uk
neighbourhood, locality, parish or
across a community of interest.
January 2004 Active Communities 9
Evaluation of a contracted community
policing experiment
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
“
...additional policing and security
measures may serve to heighten levels of
anxiety and harden lines of difference among
10 Active Communities
the local people.
” January 2004
Second Generation Local Public Service
Agreements (PSAs)
Home Office
The Government and Local Government Association (LGA) have been involved in the
development of a second generation of local Public Service Agreements (PSAs), in association
with a number of other authorities. Agreements have been concluded or are nearing
conclusion with nearly all the Shire Counties, Unitary Authorities, Metropolitan Districts and
London Boroughs. For further information on the
Public Service Agreements set out clearly each department’s plans to deliver results and strand of work regarding
provide a clear statement of priorities and direction. They bring together the aim, objectives voluntary and community
and performance targets for each of the main Government departments. interests, contact Balraj
The second generation of local PSAs is just one element of the development of a new Sandhu, Home Office, Active
partnership framework between central and local government, working with its stakeholders Communities Unit, 3rd Floor,
to improve public services. Most authorities have made good use of partnership working in Allington Towers,
their original PSAs. Ministers are keen to ensure that all partners continue to work together 19 Allington Street,
to develop solutions and make improvements that matter to the lives of people in the local London SW1E 5EB
community. The Active Community Unit in the Home Office is working with partners to Tel: 020 7035 5307
encourage local PSAs to take into account voluntary and community issues, and the potential E-mail: balraj.sandhu2@
for local PSAs on community engagement. homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
The Community Safety Partnership (CSP) hensive information pack on drug and
in Hyndburn has been involved in co- alcohol abuse, which is also currently being
ordinating the delivery of a crime reduction developed.
and problem solving course to local At the end of the course, people are
residents. asked to complete a monitoring and
Utilising the Home Office Crime evaluation form to ensure that it is being
Reduction Basics Training package as a delivered to the widest audience, as well as
foundation, the course aims to introduce providing information on any gaps in the For further information contact
individuals to the key principles of crime training. The feedback received so far has PC Richard Green, Partnership
and disorder reduction and encourages been very positive and people have found Officer, Hyndburn First,
them to get involved in reducing crime, the topics covered informative and Suite 16, The Globe Centre,
particularly anti-social behaviour, in their extremely useful. The training has also Accrington BB5 0RE
area. Basic drugs and alcohol awareness, helped to raise people’s awareness of crime Tel: 01254 600640
together with fire safety have also been and the impact it can have on the E-mail: richard.green@
incorporated within the training. The course community. hyndburnfirst.co.uk
is delivered by CSP staff and trained Police
Community Support Officers and consists
of two 3-hour sessions, the first on crime
reduction/prevention and the second split
between drugs awareness and fire safety.
All participants who complete the
course receive a framed certificate in Crime
Reduction Basics, together with a telephone
e-mailer machine, which enables them to
receive community safety and fire safety
information directly from the Police and
Fire Service. Information leaflets on local
drug services are issued and a compre-
“ ...acclaims
and rewards
help deal with anti-social behaviour.
They won the first-ever award of its
kind in the North East. The community
police officer reported that as a result
performances.
• Kotchin, Wood Green, London - This
project aims to combat prejudice
against refugees and remove young
groups of of their efforts, complaints to the people’s inclination to carry weapons.
police from locals about young people • Making a Difference, Manor Park,
young people were down 60%. Sheffield - This initiative aims to
• Meole Estate BMX Track - This group empower young people through skills
for from Shrewsbury captured the training and peer-led
imagination of bored and frustrated education groups.
outstanding peers on a local housing estate, by • Oi Magazine, New Cross, London -
raising funds for and supervising the This magazine enables young people to
achievements creation of a BMX track. The council express their views and tackle
and Mayor have since called on the problems of safety, both on the streets
in good group to give advice on other projects. and in schools, as well as tackling
Crime rates on the estate are reported issues relating to substance abuse.
citizenship. to have dropped by 30%.
• RUBIK - Three 14 year-olds from The scheme is now run by a
Winners are Dagenham took action on their management team led by Kids’ Clubs
deprived estate to deal with youth Network and the London Institute. It is
frequently crime. They set up a consultation given a grant from the Active Community
mechanism to represent the views of Unit and supported by the Youth Justice
active in their peers and organised a Board.
football project.
projects that For further information contact Graham Boiling,
Home Office, Active Communities Unit,
attempt to 3rd Floor, Allington Towers, 19 Allington Street,
London SW1E 5EB
reduce Tel: 020 7035 5300
E-mail: graham.boiling@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
crime...
”
12 Active Communities January 2004
Anti-Social Behaviour
Graffiti and Vandalism on and around
public transport
Department for Transport
In 2002/03 the British Crime Survey (BCS) found that people living in areas with high
levels of disorder were much more likely to be concerned with crime and personal security.
The 'broken windows' theory, developed in the United States, proposes that if a broken
window is left un-repaired, other windows will soon be broken in response to the message
that 'no one cares' for the area. This creates the perception that crime in general is rising and
so people are less inclined to use public places. With fewer people using public places, there
is less deterrence to crime and so rising crime perceptions become a reality.
Vandalism ranges from scribbling on a wall, the daubing of political slogans, smashing
bus shelter windows or endangering life by placing a concrete post in the path of a train. In
England and Wales there was a 4% fall in reported criminal damage between 2001/02 and
2002/03 to 1.109 million offences. These included:
• arson (5%)
• vehicle damage (39%)
• criminal damage to dwellings (27%)
• criminal damage to other buildings and other targets (telephone boxes etc 29%).
The British Crime Survey (BCS) identified vandalism, even against private property, as
one offence least likely to be reported to the police. The main reason appears to be that it is
either not considered serious enough by the victim, or people think that the police will not
be able to catch the perpetrator. Vandalism has a high rate of repeat victimisation (30%) with
26% of vehicle vandalism and 32% of all other vandalism victims being targeted at least
twice in a 12-month period. Incidents of criminal damage reported through the BCS have
fallen over the last 4 years.
Graffiti and vandalism impact on public transport through:
• cleaning, repairs, replacements, passenger infrastructure and rolling stock
• design and security costs to prevent activity including CCTV, staffing and
security fencing
• dangers to travelling public and delays to services
• reduced revenue due to withdrawn services and public travel patterns affected by
fear of crime
• perpetrator danger due to track trespass or unsafe use of buses or trams.
Investment to prevent and reduce graffiti and vandalism must be long-term and
sustained. A framework for crime prevention can be useful in developing a comprehensive
approach:
• Law enforcement - measures that enforce the law against perpetrators through the
criminal justice system.
• Situational crime prevention - measures that are designed to reduce opportunities,
reduce rewards, or increase the chances of catching perpetrators.
• Criminality prevention - measures that are designed to reduce the risk of potential
perpetrators from becoming involved in crime or anti-social behaviour.
Copies of this report published in October 2003, are available to download from the Department for
Transport Website: www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_mobility/documents/
page/dft_mobility_024496.hcsp
“
...'broken windows' theory...if a broken window is left
un-repaired, other windows will soon be broken in response
to the message that 'no one cares' for the area.
January 2004
”
Anti-Social Behaviour 13
Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan
Home Office
“ ...to reduce
anti-social
and information. The action line and
website will be launched in early 2004
alongside a nationwide training
programme. This will ensure the
networks to encourage reporting
and pilots in 12 areas to enable
local authorities to clean-up street
furniture.
behaviour that police, local authorities, housing • 100 days clean up - targeting 10
officers, environmental health officers estates for intensive and
includes a and other key people know what sustainable clean up.
powers they have and how they can • Tackling begging:
£75 million best use them to tackle • Targeted action to reduce begging
anti-social behaviour. in the 30 Criminal Justice
cash boost • Sentencing Guidelines - new guidance Interventions Programme areas
for magistrates dealing with anti-social tackling drug - related crime.
over three behaviour offences, ensuring • Trailblazers in Brighton, Bristol,
appropriate and consistent Leeds, Camden and Westminster to
years...
” punishments across the country.
The Nottingham Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP) have considered the
issues linked to anti-social behaviour and drugs as a priority since they set up their
partnership a number of years ago. An enormous amount of work has been undertaken to
tackle these problems, including the introduction of a strategy and action plan, which seeks
to build upon the work to date.
The aim of the ‘Respect for Nottingham’ Strategy is to clean up the city’s streets by
tackling begging, prostitution, drug dealing and general anti-social behaviour, in order to
improve the quality of life for local residents. The city council, in partnership with other
leading agencies, have developed numerous initiatives including establishing a wide CCTV
network, dedicated Anti-Social Behaviour Team and introduction of Neighbourhood Wardens
and Police Community Support Officers.
The objectives identified in the strategy include reductions in:
• begging by January 2004 For more information contact
• street prostitution by December 2004 Jamie O’Reilly, Nottingham City
• street drug dealing by April 2005 Council, The Guildhall, South
• anti-social behaviour in local neighbourhoods by April 2005. Sherwood Street, Nottingham
NG1 4BT Tel: 0115 915 4082 or
The strategy document sets out the aims and objectives in full, a number of key actions visit their website:
and an idea of how this fits in to the Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership framework www.nottingham.gov.uk/
as a whole. temps/respect.asp
Copies of this report, published Last year NACRO published their paper suggests that the 3 main elements to
in October 2003 and priced ‘Tackling anti-social behaviour: what tackling anti-social behaviour include:
£5.00 can be obtained from really works’, which highlighted • There should be a mix of
NACRO Publications, 169, examples of work carried out by agencies interventions, including prevention,
Clapham Road, across the country, successful in tackling education and enforcement.
London SW9 0PU anti-social behaviour. Following on from • Interventions should be targeted at 3
Tel: 020 7840 6427. this report, they have produced a paper, levels: universal, groups or localities
Copies can also be viewed and which aims to illustrate what a balanced, particularly at risk, and individuals
downloaded via their website: holistic strategy involves. particularly at risk.
www.nacro.org.uk/ The report argues that focusing on one • Interventions should both target risk
templates/publications/ type of intervention at the expense of factors and seek to maximise
briefingItem.cfm/ others will result in a short-term fix, to the protective factors.
2003110700-csps.htm detriment of a long-term solution. It
The Australian Institute of Family Studies and Crime Prevention Victoria have produced their
second report examining the development of anti-social behaviour within a representative
sample of Victorian adolescents in Australia. The study follows the development and
wellbeing of a group of Victorian children from infancy to young adulthood. The initial
sample included 2,443 infants (aged 4 - 8 months) and their parents, representative of the
Victorian population. Thirteen waves of data were collected annually or biennially via mail
surveys, and parents, teachers and the young people themselves have completed question-
naires at various stages during the project.
This second report focuses on 4 specific issues relating to adolescent anti-social
behaviour:
• Similarities of different precursors and pathways for violent and non-violent adolescent
anti-social behaviour.
• Factors preventing 'at risk' children from engaging in later adolescent behaviour.
• Local area characteristics influencing engagement in adolescent anti-social behaviour.
• Regularity of anti-social behaviour at 19 - 20 years of age, and change in antisocial acts
over the adolescent years.
The findings of this report identify distinct developmental pathways and risks for violent
and non-violent adolescent anti-social behaviour. A range of personal and environmental
factors was shown to influence an individual's progression along particular pathways and to
This report, published in divert 'at risk' children from a problematic pathway. Effects of local area characteristics on
October 2003 can be viewed involvement in adolescent anti-social behaviour were not found, but the study's ability to
and downloaded from the investigate this issue was limited. In terms of trends across time, rates of most types of anti-
Australian Institute of Family social behaviour continued to decline as the young men and women entered adulthood,
Studies and Crime Prevention although some remained relatively high.
Website: Overall, the findings present valuable insights into the development and continuation of
www.aifs.org.au/atp/ adolescent anti-social behaviour and provide significant Victorian evidence for early
pubs/patterns.html intervention and prevention strategies.
Operation Footsteps has been set up in Birmingham in a bid to reduce burglaries in multi-
occupied homes, predominantly those housing students.
The focus of the campaign is on freshers moving into halls of residence and second year
students relocating to private accommodation for the first time. Posters have been advertised
around the local campus, together with specially designed beer mats placed in pubs and
clubs. High-visibility patrols have also been stepped up in the most vulnerable areas and
officers have distributed luminous ‘footprint’ flyers incorporating various crime reduction
messages.
The idea for the footprint came from an initiative, which addressed the problem of
sneak-in burglaries in homes across the area. Officers posted the footprint flyer through
letterboxes, where owners had left windows or doors insecure.
For more information contact Det C/Insp Russell Smith, West Midlands Police, Police Station, 53 Rose
Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9LL Tel: 0121 428 6172 E-mail: r.smith@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
Buses travelling on routes in Leeds City advertisements, the police and university
Centre will display eye-catching advertise- security staff will distribute leaflets and
ments as part of an initiative aimed at posters during patrols on campus and visits
reducing sneak-in type burglaries. to student events. These resources will be
The high profile campaign, which has made available to students at colleges and
been funded by Leeds Community Safety universities across the country.
and Target Buses, alerts the public to the
fact that 1 in 4 burglaries is carried out due For more information contact Cathy Carlill,
to an unlocked door and an opportunist Communications Officer, Leeds Community
thief. The adverts remind people to be extra Safety Team, Leeds City Council, Leeming House,
vigilant during the darker evenings and to Vicar Lane, Leeds LS2 7JF
take basic security measures to reduce their Tel: 0113 395 0797
chances of becoming a victim of this type E-mail: cathy.carlill@leeds.gov.uk
of crime.
Students in particular have been
identified as suffering from sneak-in type
burglaries, because
they are away from
home or living in the
city for the first time.
In addition to the bus
Tayside Police, in partnership with Perth and Kinross Trading Standards Service, have
launched an initiative that aims to combat the problem of rogue traders in the area.
The Better Business Partnership is a voluntary registration scheme for smaller
businesses, which will help them to comply with the law, while improving consumer
protection. All types of business can apply for membership and initial applications must be
made directly to Trading Standards, who make an assessment of the applicant's premises by
carrying out an inspection. Those who meet the strict criteria will be accepted for the
scheme. The business may also be subject to random follow-ups and checks by Trading
Standards to ensure the requirements of the scheme are maintained.
Members are committed to providing a quality service, as well as promoting a high
standard of customer satisfaction. They must comply with the laws relating to product and
environmental safety, consumer credit, pricing and weights and measures.
Trading Standards will keep a list of members to enable the public to enquire about
businesses claiming to be associated with the scheme. A full list of members is also available
on the Perth and Kinross Council's Website: www.pkc.gov.uk/livinglearn/environment/
betterbusiness.htm.
The scheme will be evaluated in September 2004.
For more information contact PC Donald Campbell, Crime Prevention Officer, Crime Management Unit,
Tayside Police, Western Division HQ, Barrack Street, Perth PH1 5SF Tel: 01738 892937 Fax: 01738 892929
E-mail: donald.campbell@tayside.pnn.police.uk
The Home Office has announced the The action group will also act as a
formation of a new national action group National Association for Business Crime
to tackle business related crime. The Reduction Partnerships and will develop an
"Action Against Business Crime Group" is a accreditation scheme setting out the
joint venture between the Home Office and standards and objectives that Business
the British Retail Consortium to boost the Crime Reduction Partnerships will work
work of local Business Crime Reduction towards to reduce business-related crime in
Partnerships. their local areas. The national association
Business Crime Reduction Partnerships will help to ensure that crime issues
bring retailers and businesses together with affecting businesses are well understood
police and local authority representatives to and will encourage the sharing of best
exchange information on known offenders. practice in reducing crime. This will benefit
Many partnerships have set up radio link large and small businesses alike, as well as
schemes between retailers and businesses, having a real impact on the ground in
as well as the sharing of crime prevention reducing crime in towns and shopping
advice. The group’s main focus will be to centres.
support and develop partnerships in local
areas and to create links between business, For further information contact Mark Nicholas,
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships Home Office, Business Crime Team, 1st Floor,
(CDRPs) and other relevant community 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD
groups. Six regional managers will be Tel: 020 7411 5590
appointed to take forward this work, with E-mail: mark.nicholas@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
the aim of establishing 100 new partner-
ships in towns and cities across England
and Wales by March 2006.
Vi o l e n c e
‘It hits home’ - Domestic Violence
Campaign
London Borough of Brent
Domestic
A major campaign to tackle domestic violence was launched in September last year by Brent’s
Safe Haven Community Safety Team.
The campaign’s poster and leaflet, which features the slogan ‘It hits home’, aims to
encourage those suffering from domestic violence to report it and seek help. It is particularly
targeted at black and ethnic minority communities, where under-reporting in the Asian
community and a lack of provision for Afro-Caribbeans has been identified.
Numerous support groups offering practical help and confidential advice were set up last
summer in conjunction with the campaign, including regular group meetings at Brent Victim
Support, the African and Caribbean Resource Centre and the local community centre.
A high profile poster campaign post-it style note with the agencies contact
has been set up in West details, which can be slipped discreetly into
Yorkshire to encourage women a pocket or handbag for future reference.
who suffer domestic violence The campaign is being run by the
to contact agencies that offer Leeds Inter-agency Project (LIAP) in
support and advice. association with various other organisa-
Volunteers from groups tions who provide support and guidance on
backing the campaign are domestic violence issues.
travelling around the area
in a bid to persuade local For more information contact Cathy Carlill,
businesses, health and Communications Officer, Leeds Community
leisure centres and police Safety Team, Leeds City Council, Leeming House,
stations to advertise the Vicar Lane, Leeds LS2 7JF
posters, which feature Tel: 0113 395 0797
contact details for E-mail: cathy.carlill@leeds.gov.uk
their organisations.
The posters also
contain a removable
This initiative was set up to consider how a policy could be introduced in a rural area of Mid
Lincolnshire with the aim of tackling domestic violence.
Building on previous experience of using police radio alarm systems, a new unit that
would provide a more reliable communication link and increased reassurance, was
introduced. Funding was obtained through the Mid Lincolnshire Action Partnership to
purchase alarm systems capable of signalling for help via normal telephone or mobile phone
lines. Because data is forwarded directly to the police, this results in an immediate response.
Since the introduction of the scheme, victims of domestic violence, in what is largely a
rural and widespread population, have felt significantly reassured and confident that help
and advice is readily available. Additional alarms have been purchased to be able to continue
with the scheme. It is intended to extend it to other areas.
For more information contact PC Tim Booth, Crime Reduction/Local Authority Liaison Officer, Lincolnshire
Police, Linsay Hill, Lincolnshire Development, Beech House, Witham Park, Waterside South,
Lincoln LN5 7JH Tel :01522 823400 E-mail: tim.booth@lincs.pnn.police.uk
The national FRANK campaign was launched in May 2003 and targets 11 - 21 year olds and
the parents of 11 - 18 year olds. FRANK aims to give young people credible advice and
information about any drug issue and will also help parents to get information to enable
them to talk to their children with confidence about drugs.
FRANK can be used locally for specific drug campaigns and on becoming a registered
user, members receive a campaign kit including leaflets, posters, stickers, postcards, a
CD-ROM and ideas for local action. The campaign also incorporates a website
www.talktofrank.com, which features current public campaign information.
Some of the local FRANK projects that have taken place across the country since the
launch of the campaign include:
FRANK in Cornwall
Cornwall saw numerous FRANK campaigns during the summer of 2003, with an estimated
1/4 million people in the South West being made aware of the scheme through local events.
Roadshows ran across the region featuring the distribution of FRANK kits, together with
pens, balloons and bags. Both parents and children were able to seek advice and information
on drug issues.
FRANK in Hertfordshire
A FRANK football tournament for young people was set up in Hertfordshire by the FRANK
Action Group, who aim to promote initiatives across the county. Those entering the
tournament were provided with life skills education and FRANK drugs information and
advice. Football players in Stevenage can be seen wearing the FRANK logo at all their home
games and the club also advertises the campaign on the pitch.
FRANK in Telford
The ‘Peace and Harmony Project’ was launched in May 2003, covering issues of harm
reduction and community safety. The campaign was designed and developed by young
people in the area and a series of leaflets and posters was produced featuring messages such
as ‘Don’t Drink and Drop’ and ‘Don’t let a friend die of an overdose’. The leaflets and posters
also include details of the FRANK logo, contact number and website.
Initial research has shown that the campaign is definitely reaching its target audience
and is being well received. 70% of parents and 84% of young people have confirmed that
they are fully aware of the scheme. Future developments include the continued publication of
the FRANK Action Updates.
Northumbria Police, in association with the Federation Brewery have launched an updated
campaign, which raises awareness of the dangers related to spiked drinks. The original
project featured in the October 2001 edition of the Digest.
Over 20,000 leaflets, posters and beer mats featuring the slogan 'Make Mine A Safe One'
have been distributed around the region's licensed premises, advising customers to
protect their drinks from people who might try to add other, possibly illegal
substances, resulting in devastating consequences.
Students about to sample North East nightlife for the first time were among
the initial group of people to receive the leaflets during Freshers Week last
September. The credit card-sized leaflets advise the students on how to avoid
having their drink spiked, as well as recognising the signs of a spiked drink and
what to do if it should happen to someone they know. Posters have also been
distributed via Licensing Officers based in Northumbria's Area Command Units,
as well as through the Federation Brewery.
For more information contact PC Dean Thompson, Northumbria Police HQ, Crime
Reduction Section, Block 48, Ponteland, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE20 0BL Tel: 01661 872555 Ext 68075 E-
mail: dean.thompson.605@northumbria.pnn.police.uk
Experimenting...with Drugs
West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police, in partnership with extremely encouraging. The campaign has
local universities, have developed a drug seen improved communications between
awareness campaign targeted at students, the police and students, who are becoming
which uses high profile publicity material more aware of the risks involved in drug
to advertise the dangers involved in taking abuse to both their future career and
drugs. personal life.
In a bid to get new and returning
students to pay attention to important and For further information contact Will Harpur, Press
serious messages about drugs, a series of and Publicity Officer, West Midlands Police HQ,
promotional materials including beer mats, Lloyd House, Colmore Circus, Queensway,
bookmarks, posters and magazine adverts Birmingham B4 6NQ
have been distributed and displayed across Tel: 0121 626 5496 Ext: 2561
the region’s major universities and colleges. E-mail: w.harpur@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk
Over 150,000 beer mats have been
produced in 6 different styles, incorpo-
rating crime reduction messages, which
will be distributed to student unions and
various locations frequented by the
students. Posters have been displayed across
campuses and full-page adverts have been
publicised in 2 popular annual student
magazines used for reference throughout
the year. Bookmarks have also been made
available in the university libraries, union
buildings, academic departments and
bookshops.
The campaign was set up to coincide
with the start of the new academic year and
the feedback received so far has been
‘Dead Drunk’
National Youth Agency
The National Youth Agency is promoting a hard-hitting video entitled ‘Dead Drunk’, which
looks at the culture of alcohol from the perspective of a group of teenagers.
The film follows the story of a young boy called Jay and the impact that alcohol has had
on his life. Jay feels that his only escape route is to join the army, a dream shared by another
young boy on his estate, who craves acceptance from Jay’s gang. During a row with his
mother, Jay discovers a startling truth about his father and in a state of distress he spends all
night drinking, which leads to terrible consequences.
The video aims to show the devastating effects alcohol abuse can have on family life and
the community as a whole. It runs for 25 minutes and includes a CD Rom with supporting
information for teachers and youth leaders, including a guide to alcohol units, statistics and
suggested exercises.
Copies of the video, priced £76.37 including VAT and postage and packing are available from the
National Youth Agency, Publication Sales, 17 - 23, Albion Street, Leicester LE1 6GD
Tel: 0116 285 3709 Fax: 0116 285 3777 E-mail: sales@nya.org.uk
Chip and PIN is a major development in the have initial problems and should allow
fight against fraud. This new method, enough time to test and implement new
which uses a 4-digit Personal Identification point-of-sale terminals and staff training.
Number (PIN) similar to that used at a cash By January 2005, the PIN, rather than a
machine or ATM, replaces the need to sign signature, will verify the majority of all
a paper receipt at the till when purchasing face-to-face plastic card transactions made
goods. in the UK including:
The trial of the chip and PIN system • 850,000 retailer terminals in use.
was tested over a 3-month period in • 122 million cards in circulation.
Northampton, as an initial step towards • 40,000 cash machines compatible.
national rollout. It involved re-issuing a
significant number of Northampton The Chip and PIN Programme Management
cardholders with new chip and PIN cards, Organisation (PMO) is a new organisation
as well as upgrading point-of-sale established to manage the implementation
terminals at a selection of retail outlets. of the Chip and PIN programme across the
During the trial, consumers generally UK. The PMO is led by the Chip and PIN
responded well to the new cards, although Programme Steering Committee (PSC),
there were concerns for other shopper which is made up of equal representation
For more details on the Chip surveillance whilst entering their PIN from the major banks and retailers in the
and PIN visit the website: number. The trial indicated that retailers, UK.
www.chipandpin.co.uk and in particular large chain stores, will
G e n e ra l
Liverpool is the first city in the country to have a new pilot Community Justice Centre.
The Community Justice Centre is a joint initiative between the Home Office, Department
for Constitutional Affairs and the Crown Prosecution Service. The centre will be closely linked
to the local community and will act as a hub for crime prevention information, advice and
guidance. It will also be the base from which activities such as community projects and
diversionary activities for young people will be run.
The key aims of the Community Justice Centre will be to:
• improve the co-ordination of work aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour and the links
between criminal justice and other agencies, increasing the efficiency and effectiveness
of their work
• tailor punishments to reflect both the individuals and the local community's needs and
design rehabilitation schemes to reduce re-offending and engage the perpetrator with
their own community
• increase community participation and confidence in criminal justice
• provide more resolutions through reparation and restoration to cases that are relevant to
the damage done to the community as well as the individual.
For more information contact Harjit Athwal, Community Justice Centres Project Team, Home Office,
Criminal Procedures and Evidence Unit, Room 356, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AT
Tel: 020 7273 2366 E-mail: harjit.athwal@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Details of the Tilley Award Winners have been published for 2003. The awards were
established in 1999 by the Home Office Policing and Reducing Crime Unit (now the Crime
and Policing Group) to encourage and recognise good practice in implementing problem-
oriented policing (POP). Winners are invited to attend the Annual International
Problem-Oriented Policing Conference in San Diego, funded by the Home Office. This
provides the opportunity for them to present details of their project at the conference. An
additional award was introduced in 2003, recognising contributions made by Crime and
Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs).
An Assault Reduction Strategy was set up to tackle the problem in September 2002 and
recommendations formulated to deal with problems formed the strategy basis. This included
a number of problem-solving initiatives implemented in conjunction with multi-agency
partnerships, together with targeted police operations involving high visibility policing. The
City Centre Initiative agreed to front the project, which broadened ownership of the problem For more information contact
and responses. As a result, city centre assaults fell by 43% over a 6-month period (compared Julie McNerlin or Samantha
to the previous year). This is equivalent to approximately 183 fewer assaults during the 6- Allen, Police Service of
months. The principles behind the project have been adopted as best practice within Foyle Northern Ireland
DCU and are regularly used in a variety of other problems. Tel: 028 7137 9710.
Organisational Support
‘Problem Solving Process Implementation Programme’
Winner: Neil Henson, Metropolitan Police Service (MPS)
Growing organisational demands on the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) required the re-
launch of problem solving in 2001, to support the reduction of strain on the Service.
Consequently, training needs were identified for police and business partners in all 32
London Boroughs. To be able to meet their requirements, the following objectives were
identified:
• Design of an implementation programme overcoming barriers discovered whilst
conducting research.
• Design of a training programme incorporating additional skills enabling practitioners to
apply problem solving.
• Implementation of a monitoring system that captures best practice, working in the long-
term to reduce crime, the number of repeat calls and generally improving the quality of
life for the community.
In 2001, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Tim Godwin introduced the 'Operational Policing
Model' (OPM). The model demonstrates a lasting need for problem solving and consists of
six elements to be adopted across the 32 London Policing Boroughs:
• Investigation. • Forensics.
• Targeting. • Intelligence.
• Diversion. • Problem-solving.
Continues...
For more information contact Neil Henson, Metropolitan Police Service Tel: 020 7321 9033.
Effective Partnerships
‘Get Home Safe’
Winner: Robert Murdie, on behalf of the Get Home Safe Partnership
The ‘Get Home Safe’ campaign was developed as a result of rising levels of alcohol-related
violence in South Belfast, Northern Ireland. Alcohol-related crime accounted for almost 20%
of the total crime in the area, up 40% over the previous year. Key issues included:
• an upsurge in South Belfast licensed premises from 274 venues
(January 2001) to 311 (January 2002)
• a rise in numbers of people socialising within the same area
• above increases not being matched by improved or additional transport.
The Marks & Spencer British Community winners each receive a trophy, together
Safety Awards are dedicated to rewarding with their choice of £1,500 worth of
community members and groups who Crime Concern training or £2,000 cash.
work to reduce community crime and fear The overall winner, Essex’s Clockwise
of crime. The awards are organised jointly Centre, receives an additional £1,500
by Marks & Spencer and Crime Concern worth of training or £1,000 cash and the
and are endorsed by the Home Office. The opportunity to represent the UK in the
top 5 winners for the 2003 awards have European Crime Prevention Awards.
recently been announced. 4 of the 5
This book, published by Willan Publishing, looks at one of the most significant new
approaches to policing and crime reduction in recent years. The publication is based on the
principle that the core of policing should be to deal effectively with underlying police-
relevant problems, rather than reacting to incidents as they occur.
In the UK, funding was provided for various projects adopting a problem-solving
approach in both policing and crime prevention and reduction partnerships. The book draws
upon the main findings of this initiative and provides an overview of the Government’s
Targeted Policing Initiative as a whole. It describes the effects of adopting a problem-solving
approach and sets out what was learned from efforts to address the specific problems
targeted in the initiatives that were evaluated.
This book may be of particular interest to students, researchers, policy-makers and
practitioners, or anyone with an interest in crime reduction strategies.
Copies of this book, published in September 2003 and priced £25.00 (hardback) can be obtained from
Willan Publishing, Culmcott House, Mill Street, Cullompton, Devon EX15 3AT
Tel: 01884 840337 Fax: 01884 840251
E-mail: info@willanpublishing.co.uk or visit their website: www.willanpublishing.co.uk
Since the introduction of the first 5 Police has proved very positive, producing
Standards Unit’s (PSUs) Policing Priority guidance for future PPA and multi-agency
Areas (PPAs) in March last year (see article work in general.
in April 2002 Digest), the scheme has been Feedback from police forces and
extended to cover another 9 areas, bringing partners has also been encouraging, partic-
the national total to 14. ularly in identifying ways to ensure a more
PPAs are focused initiatives, established joined-up approach to reducing crime. One
For more information visit in areas with high levels of crime and anti- scheme on an estate in Stoke-on-Trent to
the Police Reform Website: social behaviour, together with a lack of tackle prostitution and anti-social
www.policereform. confidence in the community. They aim to behaviour has proved so successful that it
gov.uk28/psu/ reduce crime and promote community has won a 6-month extension and
policingpriorityareas.html cohesion and evaluation of the first 5 PPAs additional funding to be able to continue.
For further information on the cost and to book a place, contact Sue Bell, Middlesbrough Council,
Middlesbrough Teaching & Learning Centre, Tranmere Avenue, Middlesbrough TS3 8PB
Tel: 01642 201816 E-mail: sue_bell@middlesbrough.gov.uk or visit their website: www.mtlc.co.uk
Gloucestershire Constabulary have made use in this area - Remove valuables from display’.
of a large, illuminated sign positioned at As a result of using the sign, police figures
various locations within Gloucester to showed a significant decrease in vehicle
promote crime reduction to members of the crime in the area.
public. The sign has since been located on main
The screen is 8 foot square and includes routes into residential areas around the city For further information contact
strong, flashing lights in each corner to to combat early evening burglaries, where PC Kevin Ireland, Crime
ensure people notice it. It is self-contained houses in darkness are being targeted. It Reduction/Architectural Liaison
on a trailer with a petrol generator and provides advice on the use of timer switches Officer, Gloucester Police
messages can be changed remotely via a as well as dusk to dawn lighting. Local press Station, Longsmith Street,
laptop computer. The sign was initially used coverage has also ensured that crime Gloucester GL1 2JP
at an out-of-town cinema complex with reduction messages are widely promoted and Tel: 01452 335324
particularly high levels of vehicle crime. It together with a notable reduction in crime, E-mail: Kevin.Ireland@
was placed on the entrance road to the site the sign has received positive feedback from gloucestershire.police.uk
with the message ‘Warning - Thieves operate local residents and visitors to the area.
January 2004 General 29
Operation Scorpion
Bedfordshire Police
Development of the site is ongoing and work is underway to evaluate how the use of
web cameras and live CCTV can be linked to it, as well as the use of SMS text messaging.
For information on the Operation Scorpion Crime Reduction Strategy contact Insp Neill Waring,
Community Action Department, Bedfordshire Police HQ, Woburn Road, Kempston, Bedford MK43 9AX
Tel: 01234 842818 E-mail: neill.waring@bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk
For more on the Operation Scorpion Website contact Lara Curtayne Tel: 01234 842819
E-mail: lara.curtayne@bedfordshire.pnn.police.uk
This 2-day conference held in Rome in November, was organised by the European Union
Crime Prevention Network (EU CPN) and brought together best practice in crime prevention
from across Europe. It concentrated on:
• Reduction of Vehicle Theft.
• Reduction of Commercial Robbery.
• Social integration of minority ethnic young offenders.
For more information contact
Thirty one projects were presented at the conference, 2 of which were from the UK, Paul Hudspith, Home Office,
including a comprehensive and successful scheme aimed at tackling vehicle theft in the Crime Reduction Delivery Team,
Metro Centre shopping complex in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear and an innovative ‘3-way’ 1st Floor, Allington Towers,
mentoring scheme for young offenders from ethnic minority backgrounds in Leicester. This 19 Allington Street,
scheme brings together young offenders, professional staff and students and although a full London SW1E 5EB
evaluation will eventually be completed, early results are very encouraging. Tel: 020 7035 5237
Many of the projects put forward from other European countries will be of interest to E-mail:
practitioners and arrangements are currently underway to make them available via the Crime paul.hudspith@homeoffice.
Reduction Website. Details will be available in the near future. gsi.gov.uk
Hate Crime
Player Cards Scheme 2003/04
Burnley Borough Council
An innovative campaign to kick racism into released. Cards were distributed by the
touch has been launched by Burnley club’s community team, who visited local
Football Club in partnership with the schools and organisations in order to
Burnley Community Safety Partnership and promote awareness of the problems of
‘What Now? Services’, who form part of racial abuse and anti-social behaviour. They
the Lancashire County Council Youth and are available from various locations in the
Community Service. area.
The football club have produced a set
of 25 player cards for 2003/04, featuring For more information contact Kerry Hulme,
advice on community safety issues, Community Safety Partnership Development
including tackling racism and anti-social Officer, Burnley Borough Council, Town Hall,
behaviour. The launch of the scheme Burnley BB11 1JA Tel: 01282 425011
coincided with the anti-racism week in E-mail: k.hulme@burnley.gov.uk
October last year, when the first card was
The Safer Merthyr Tydfil Neighbourhood bronze and incorporating them into new
Warden Scheme commenced in January paving stones. The wardens also contacted 2
2000 utilising an empty, local authority schools to encourage the children to design
ground floor flat as their main base. The pictures to include in the individual prints,
flat, which formed part of a block of flats, which gave the young people a feeling of
was located in a residential area with 4 ownership of the project and which would
shops adjacent to a children's park. The area potentially help to reduce the risks of
also featured a walled front garden, further graffiti and anti-social behaviour.
providing ideal cover for underage drinkers The garden was removed and a ramp
and anti-social behaviour. Local residents installed, together with railings and the
frequently complained to the wardens new paving stones featuring the children’s
about drunken youths congregating in the designs.
area, leaving litter, smashing windows and Since the re-development, the area has
causing graffiti damage. been totally transformed through
As a result, the wardens secured partnership working to the benefit of the
funding from the Groundwork Trust and local residents and the problems of anti-
the Voluntary Action Merthyr Tydfil social behaviour have been removed.
Development Fund in a bid to alleviate the
problem, while at the same time honouring For more information contact Roger Mitchell,
a local world champion boxer by erecting a Project Manager, Community Safety Wardens
memorial as a tribute to him. The team Advice Centre, No 2 Talbot Square, Penydarren,
approached a community artist, who Merthyr Tydfil CF47 9LP Tel: 01685 388100
suggested casting the boxer’s footprints in
Immobilise Campaign
West Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Police, in partnership with the mobile phone industry and backed by the
Home Office, has launched a new campaign in Leeds to tackle mobile phone crime.
The campaign, which has also been rolled out to Manchester, the West Midlands,
Merseyside and London, forms part of an ongoing programme by the industry, the police
and Government to clamp down on mobile phone theft. It includes the message "Stolen
Phones Don't Work Any More" and incorporates high profile advertising on buses and bus
shelters, billboards and railway stations. Mobile phone retailers are promoting stickers,
posters and leaflets within their stores, urging victims of this type of crime to report their
loss and stop stolen mobiles from being sold on.
The mobile phone industry has also launched an informative new website
(www.immobilise.com), together with a new phone line (Tel: 08701 123 123), which will
facilitate the reporting of lost and stolen handsets.
For further information about the scheme, visit the industry's website: www.immobilise.com
or E-mail: info@immobilise.com
The Government has launched a new hi-tech tool to help young people steer clear of mobile
phone theft.
The CD-Rom entitled "Out of Your Hands?" is aimed at 11 to 14 year-olds and provides For more information contact
an interactive resource where children can learn about the problems associated with mobile Peter Cordingley, Home Office,
phone theft. It will also allow them to gain tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of this Street Crime Action Team,
type of crime. The package highlights the consequences of becoming involved in mobile Room 478,
phone crime and features a national competition, where students are asked to design a 50 Queen Anne's Gate,
mobile phone for the future, which has built-in safety features. This will enable the young London SW1H 9AT
people to think about how good design can help to reduce crime. Tel: 020 7273 4507
The CD-Rom is available to every school in the country and is linked to the citizenship E-mail: peter.cordingley@
element of the National Curriculum. homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
The City of London Crime and Disorder in the area by the cycle patrol and
Reduction Partnership (CDRP) have been community beat teams. These featured a
involved in an ongoing initiative to raise rusty padlock providing details of websites
awareness of pedal cycle security and help and basic advice on how to avoid becoming
to reduce the theft of cycles in the City of a victim of cycle theft.
London.
The campaign, ‘Take Stock of Your For more information contact PC Ray Sykes, City
Lock’, began in February last year, with the of London CDRP, Suite 48, London Fruit and
introduction of cycle security road shows Wool Exchange, Brushfield Street, London E1
providing security advice and examples of 6EX Tel: 020 7456 9814 E-mail:
various locking devices. The CDRP went on ray.sykes@corpoflondon.gov.uk
to produce leaflets, which were distributed Offences
Sexual Offences Act
Sexual
Home Office
The Sexual Offences Act, which has now sexual abuse. It makes clear that sexual
received Royal Assent, will be implemented activity with a child under the age of 13 is
in May this year. never acceptable. It also proposes a new
The Act represents a major review of offence of 'meeting a child following
the law on sexual offences. One of the most sexual grooming etc', which will catch
important changes proposed is the adults who undertake a course of conduct
overhaul of the law on consent. The Act with a child and then arrange to meet that
introduces a test of reasonableness into the child with the aim of abusing them, either
law on consent and a list of circumstances at that meeting or on a subsequent
in which various presumptions will be occasion. The Act brings greater coherence
made as to the complainant's consent and and more proportionate penalties to the
the defendant's reasonable belief in criminal law surrounding the abuse of For more information contact
consent. This will provide juries with a very children through prostitution and Helen Musgrove, Home Office,
clear framework within which to make fair pornography and to trafficking offences, Criminal Law Policy Unit, Room
and just decisions. bringing greater protection to children and 314, 50 Queen Anne's Gate,
The Act also proposes a package of adults alike. London SW1H 9AT
measures to give children the greatest E-mail: helen.musgrove
possible protection under the law from @homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Kent Police, in association with the Folkestone Area Partnership Against Crime (FAPAC) have
launched a new initiative, which aims to tackle retail crime in the area.
Businesses in and around Folkestone are displaying specially designed posters featuring
Kent Police and FAPAC logos, which ask people to remove their hats and hoods before
entering the premises. The idea is to deter youths from wearing baseball caps and
'hoodies' in shops, which can be used to conceal their identity and make it difficult
when viewing CCTV.
The initiative was launched after a youth attempted to change a large
amount of foreign currency in a local travel agent after several overseas
students had been robbed. On viewing the CCTV footage, police officers were
unable to identify the youth because they had been wearing a hood.
The poster has been welcomed by many of the town's shops and businesses
and copies are also displayed in the local Social Security office.
For more information contact PC John Weller, Kent County Constabulary, Strategic Crime
Reduction Unit, Police Station, Bouverie House, Bouverie Road West, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2RW
Tel: 01303 289356 Fax: 01303 289049 E-mail: scru.hz@kent.pnn.police.uk
Private security personnel play a large part account of trends in urban planning, public
in public social life. Private security officers policy and the commercial world, which
now routinely patrol shopping centres, have promoted the expansion of private
leisure parks and transport terminals, security. Changes in retail and leisure
which rely commercially on safe and patterns leading to increasing numbers of
reliable access by customers, service large, multi-purpose developments are
providers and the public. considered. Also discussed is the imple-
The information contained within this mentation of town centre planning
publication was drawn from a unique study strategies to create more attractive and
of private security personnel operating secure high street retail and leisure facilities
within 3 publicly accessible and typical and the extension of CCTV and security
locations, including a shopping mall, retail patrols as tools for managing social
and leisure complex and cultural centre. settings.
The research included questions such as: The research considers the challenges
• How do centres respond to public posed by developments to conventional law
needs for comfort and security in their enforcement agencies, most notably the
design, management and security police, and the need for Governments to
strategies? develop new strategies that include the
• What functions are security officers efforts of alternative policing agencies.
expected to perform?
• What is the nature and quality of the Copies of this book, published in October 2003
relationship between private security and priced £30.00 (hardback) can be obtained
and the police? from Willan Publishing, Culmcott House, Mill
The aim of the book is to offer a Street, Cullompton, Devon EX15 3AT
framework to clarify the role of private Tel: 01884 840337 Fax: 01884 840251
security in policing and to explore the E-mail: info@willanpublishing.co.uk or visit their
implications of that role with respect to website: www.willanpublishing.co.uk
social policy. The book provides a detailed
This initiative was set up with the aim of permanent and clearly and simply conveys
warning motorists, particularly foreign the message of keeping valuables safe to all
speaking tourists, of the dangers of leaving nationalities.
valuables on view in an unattended vehicle.
The signs are advertised in tourist area For more information contact PC Richard Corish,
car parks and have been designed in the Crime Prevention Officer, Police Service of
form of a traditional red triangle, featuring Northern Ireland (PSNI), 2 Hope Street, Larne,
the silhouette of a camera, handbag and County Antrim BT40 1UR
wallet inside a car. The sign is metal and Tel: 028 2827 2266 Fax: 028 2827 1068
The Home Office Police Standards Unit (PSU) and Association of Chief Police Officers
(ACPO) have recently published the National Vehicle Crime Guidelines and Tactical Options.
The aim of the report is to offer guidance, based on nationally identified good practice
in vehicle crime detection and reduction. It is intended to assist those in command positions For further information contact
with responsibility for vehicle crime by providing tactical options, grouped theme by theme, Chief Inspector Nick Parker,
highlighting those options that have been evaluated or recommended by practitioners. Home Office, Police Standards
The document has been distributed in hard copy and CD Rom to all Chief Officers and Unit, 50 Queen Anne’s Gate,
Basic Command Units (BCUs) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It will also be of London SW1H 9AT
interest to those charged with responsibility for converting the tasking actions into results Tel: 020 7273 2839
and should be made available to a wide range of police resources. The CD Rom contains over Fax: 020 7273 2503
2,200 files relating to good practice, all hyper-linked from the main document, therefore E-mail: Nicholas.parker3
making research quick and easy. @homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
The detailed annual statistics on firearm offences in England and Wales will be published in
January 2004. However, due to the increasing public interest around the issue of gun crime,
the Home Office has made available provisional, summary information. Provisional data will
also now be available early in future years.
The total number of firearm offences in England and Wales in 2002-03 (excluding those
involving air weapons) was around 10,250, 3% higher than in 2001-02. The increase in the
preceding year, reported in January 2002 was 35%.
In most parts of England and Wales, the incidence of firearm offences is very low, and
the chances of becoming a victim of a shooting are extremely rare. The risk of a fatal
shooting in England and Wales is still one of the lowest in the world.
As part of Operation Safer Streets, For further information contact DCI Jerry
Southwark Police have been involved in an Sheppard, Metropolitan Police, Walworth Police
extensive crime prevention campaign, Station, 12 - 28 Manor Place, London SE17 3RL
aimed at groups in the area identified as Tel: 020 7232 6107 Fax: 020 7232 6190
being most vulnerable to street robbery. E-mail: sheppardjerry@hotmail.com
The ‘Stay Safe in Southwark’ campaign
was launched in December and involved
the distribution of 20,000 specially
designed ‘Stay Safe’ leaflets and
10,000 ‘Stay Safe’ packs
containing crime prevention
advice on personal safety while
out and about, together with a
mobile phone marking kit. A
poster with the text message
‘THNK B 4 U USE IT OR U
CLD LOSE IT’ was also
produced and advertised on
local buses, at main line
stations and on London
transport sites. This was
primarily aimed at
students and young
people, identified as
particularly vulnerable
to becoming a victim
of street crime.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has • Clients or customers behaviour, which
launched a series of real life studies offering can be highly emotional or
practical ways to reduce the threat of violence unpredictable.
to lone and mobile workers. The case studies • Other people or situations encountered
form part of the Health and Safety whilst doing a job, including members
Commission’s (HSC) 3-year programme to of the public, youths and animals.
reduce the incidence of violent attacks on • Travelling and visiting homes whilst
workers in this country. carrying money or equipment.
The 19 case studies selected for this
guidance cover the following sectors: The studies identified various risk
• retail sales prevention measures to reduce violent
• health and care workers situations, including using mobile phones,
• security and enforcement carrying personal panic alarms, office
• public transport systems to track staff movements and
• financial services doubling up with colleagues. They also
• other service providers, including indicate many other practical and cost
the self-employed. effective ways of tackling violence, often
consisting of the simplest measures, which
Work-related violence can range from prove the most effective. The studies build on
physical assaults to verbal abuse and existing guidance published by the HSE
threatening behaviour. The most common key entitled ‘Work-related violence: managing
risks identified in becoming a victim of the risk in smaller businesses’.
workplace violence include:
• Alcohol and drug use by clients and For further information and copies of the case
members of the public with whom the studies, published in October 2003 contact the
lone worker comes into contact. Business Development Unit, Health and Safety
• Working in certain geographical Laboratory, Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ
locations known to have a higher risk Tel: 0114 289 2920 Fax: 0114 289 2830
of violence. E-mail: hslinfo@hsl.gov.uk
• Working late at night or early morning Alternatively, the studies can be viewed and
carried an increased risk of violence downloaded via the HSE Website
because there were generally fewer www.hse.gov.uk/violence
people around or they were under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
• The nature of the job - some lone
workers hold positions of power or
authority over customers or clients,
which can cause resentment and
aggressiveness.
Students at the University of Teesside are trends are posted on notice boards
benefiting from an initiative, which equips throughout the campus. Fortnightly
them with the knowledge and resources to drop-in sessions are held in the University
make them feel safe during their time at Students Union and they can also benefit
university. from free home security checks, provided
The Safe and Sound in Teesside by their local Crime Prevention Officer.
campaign, organised by the Safer
Middlesbrough Crime and Disorder For more information contact Jemma Taylor,
Reduction Partnership, focuses on a Marketing and Media Co-ordinator, Safer
number of issues including house burglary, Middlesbrough Crime and Disorder Reduction
personal safety, vehicle crime and anti- Partnership, 2 River Court, Brighouse Road,
social behaviour. Information is provided Riverside Business Park,
for students in the form of a monthly Middlesbrough TS2 1RT Tel: 01642 354019
update and details on the latest crime E-mail: jemma_taylor@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Wiltshire Constabulary and Wiltshire County Council have been working in partnership to
help young people to use the Internet safely, as well as advising parents on how to protect
their children from getting into potentially dangerous situations.
A survey was carried out involving 2,300 young people aged 11 - 18, who were asked to
complete a questionnaire on how they used the Internet. The results showed that:
• 80% of young people use the net with the majority accessing it from home or school.
• 7% had agreed to meet up with someone online via a chat room, without checking with
their parents first.
• 11% had been made to feel uncomfortable by ‘chats’ they’d had with someone online.
• 79% of young people went online at least once or twice a week for around 1 to 2 hours.
• 6% said that once they were logged on, they were online for over 3 hours.
This tended to indicate a link between the number of hours online and the likelihood of
the young person arranging to meet someone without telling their parents. Consequently the
police and local council produced advice packs, which were distributed at awareness raising
talks in local schools and at youth groups. They also put together a 6-point plan, including
the following information:
• Don’t give out personal details, photographs or any other information that could be used
to identify you, such as information about your family, where you live or the school
you attend.
• Don’t take other people at face value - they may not be what they seem.
• Never arrange to meet someone you’ve only ever previously met on the Internet without
first telling your parents and getting their permission. Take a responsible adult with you
and meet in a public place.
• Always stay in the public areas of a chat room, where there are other people, or moderate
chat rooms that are supervised.
• Don’t open attachments or download files unless you know and trust the person who
has sent them.
• Never respond directly to anything you find disturbing - save or print it, log off and tell
an adult.
For more information contact Jane Brambley, Force Consultation Officer, Wiltshire Constabulary,
Police HQ, London Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 2DN Tel: 01380 722341 Ext: 2297
Children from local primary schools have been helping the police get a safe shopping
message across to other young people in the area.
In a bid to encourage young people to think about crime prevention and find out more
about the police, they were invited to design an A4 poster showing other children that there
is a safe place to go should they get lost whilst out and about or if they feel that they are
being bullied, or are approached by strangers. The police and the local council judged over
60 entries and 2 winners were chosen together with 2 runners-up who each received prizes.
The winning posters are displayed in the shop windows of members of the Folkestone
Area Partnership Against Crime (FAPAC). Each FAPAC store has a Shopwatch radio with
communication links to CCTV and the police.
Primary school pupils from Blaenau Gwent County Borough have received lessons in life
from the Police, Ambulance and Fire Service with the introduction of the county’s first ever
‘Crucial Crew’ event.
Over 1,200 pupils aged 10 - 11 took part in a range of interactive workshops,
including what to do in the event of a house fire and how to react should they witness a
crime. The children were given up to 15 minutes on each of the workshops, which were
crewed by members of the emergency services and other organisations.
The aim of the day was to give the pupils an understanding and awareness of the dangers
they might face in later life and how to deal with various emergency situations as well as
promoting good citizenship. Advice on issues such as drug and alcohol abuse were also
discussed and the lessons learned were later reinforced through follow-up work in the
classroom.
For more information contact Stephen Carr, Community Safety Officer, Blaenau Gwent County Borough
Council, Civic Centre, Ebbw Vale NP23 6XB
Tel: 01495 355683 Fax: 01495 301255 E-mail: community.safety@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
The ‘Paintbrush Initiative’ provides young people in the area with the opportunity to carry
out work to improve their environment, therefore reducing boredom and anti-social
behaviour that this often leads to.
Young people in the London Borough of Richmond have been extremely enthusiastic
about the introduction of the scheme, which as well as helping to reduce anti-social
behaviour, provides employment opportunities and cleans up the local housing estates. The
scheme gives youngsters aged 13 - 18 the chance to earn high-street vouchers by spending
their Saturdays working with the partnership’s caretakers. Full training is given, together
with the equipment required to carry out a variety of tasks such as painting communal areas,
collecting rubbish, planting flowerbeds and cleaning and removing graffiti. The chance to
gain full-time employment is offered to those who show particular enthusiasm, which has
For more information contact proved to be a successful aspect of the scheme, with 2 young people going on to become
Brian Burton, Estate Services Assistant Caretakers.
Manager, Richmond Housing As many volunteers are taken on as possible. They are separated in to groups of no more
Partnership, 1st Floor, Premier than 7, each with their own tasks and a supervisor who offers support and advice when they
House, 52 London Road, need it. To ensure good behaviour on the scheme, participants and their parents, must sign a
Twickenham TW1 3RS community contract stating that they are prepared to abide by the rules of the scheme.
This report has been produced as a result of • Young people believe the police should
a partnership between Norwich Union and be most active in reducing crime in
Crime Concern. their area (37%) and a quarter
The report focuses on how young believed that they themselves play a key
people feel about the rise in crime in role in reducing crime.
For further information contact society today. It describes their thoughts, • Crime is felt to be a lifestyle choice for
Chris Dyer, Programme fears and experiences of crime, whether one in five young people from socially
Manager, Crime Concern, they have been a victim themselves or deprived areas and 94% of these
Beaver House, know someone who has. Over 600 young teens have been victims or know
147 - 150 Victoria Road, people aged between 13 and 19 from victims of crime.
Swindon SN1 3UY differing social backgrounds were • When asked whom they most
Tel: 07768 025398 consulted. More than half felt that crime respected, the majority of young
E-mail: does pay, despite 4 in 5 of them being people (64%) named their
chris.dyer@birmingham.gov.uk worried about becoming victims of crime parents. A quarter also considered their
or Jill Willis, themselves. Many felt that the benefits of parents to be their role models.
Market Development Manager, crime outweigh the possible consequences,
Norwich Union, but wanted to see the police doing more to The partnership has been responsible
Tel: 01603 682846 tackle crime. for launching the Norwich Union
Fax: 01603 682875 The report also reveals: Neighbourhood Apprenticeship Scheme,
E-mail: • While it’s commonplace to hear older which empowers individuals to tackle
jillw@norwich-union.co.uk. generations bemoaning the growing crime in their area by training local people
Copies of the report can be rise in crime, 85% of teenagers to become neighbourhood apprentices in
viewed and downloaded via also believe that crime is getting worse. their own communities. A key element of
the Crime Concern Website: • Peer pressure is seen as the most their work involves engaging young people
www.crimeconcern.org.uk common reason for young people and working with them to combat some of
/pubs/youthinsight turning to crime (41%), the pressures and frustrations that can lead
reportfinal.pdf followed closely by boredom (35%). to criminal activity.
Greater Manchester Police have recently featuring crime prevention advice have also
launched an operation under the banner of been distributed to enforce the safety
their successful street crime initiative message.
'Operation Hawk' to help keep students safe
and aware of potential crimes against them. For more information contact
The force's "Wise Up and You'll be PC Stuart Pizzey MBE, Crime
Sorted" leaflets have been re-designed in Reduction Adviser, Greater
partnership with the students themselves Manchester Police, Bootle
and now feature up-to-date advice on Street Police Station, Bootle
personal safety, property security and Street, Manchester M2 5GU
accommodation issues. Thousands of key Tel: 0161 856 3046
fob bottle openers and plastic carrier bags
West Yorkshire Police have been involved in positive feedback. The majority of visitors
the design of a competition for students to the site said they welcomed the on-line
that provides help and advice via the help, particularly the fact the information
Internet on staying safe. The web campaign was compact and concise. Most said
ran between September and November visiting the section was a positive and
2003 and covered the traditional Freshers useful experience and that they would
Week period, when new students joined adopt some of the safety hints. Any points
the university for the first time. raised by the students, which required a
Students carrying out their work personal response, were followed up by the
experience with the West Yorkshire Police Crime Prevention Unit.
Media Unit were consulted on the design While taking part in the contest,
of the website and the result was the intro- students were asked for their permission to
duction of a special section entitled the be included on an occasional "student
‘Student Safety Files’. The site included safety" e-mail list with the aim of sending
bullet points on various safety measures, out a regular quarterly update on topical
together with a round up of local police safety issues.
initiatives and was advertised via a hard-
hitting poster and links on the For further information contact Patrick Brooke,
university/college intranet system. In order Web Communications Manager, Media and PR,
to gather feedback to help evaluate the West Yorkshire Police Headquarters, PO Box 9,
project, the site included details of a free Wakefield WF1 3QP Tel: 01924 292163
prize draw with the chance to win a digital E-mail: PB10@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk
camera and cinema tickets as runner up or visit the website:
prizes. www.westyorkshire.police.uk/student%
Students were able to take part in the 20safety/studentfile.htm
prize draw via e-mail and in total the site
recorded over 650 entries, with many
including constructive comments and
‘Think Safe Keep Safe’ is a personal safety The video aims to prompt questions
video and DVD produced by Devon and and discussion amongst the young people
Cornwall Constabulary aimed at and and to get them to share their ideas and
featuring young people aged 6 - 10 years of concerns with their friends, families and
age. teachers.
The video has been designed to help
children to be more aware of their For more information and copies of the video,
surroundings and encourage them to which runs for 12 minutes or DVD both priced
consider their safety in a number of £19.50 including p & p, contact PC Kerry Taylor or
everyday situations, including walking to PC Hilary Steer, Devon and Cornwall
and from school, dealing with people they Constabulary, Youth Affairs, Charles Cross Police
don’t know, answering the door safely at Station, Hampton Street, Plymouth PL4 8HG
home and playing out with friends. Each of Tel: 01752 720585 or Tel: 01752 720579
these scenarios is covered in the video, Fax: 01752 720575
together with advice and information on
how to stay safe.
Representatives from universities, the police and student unions in Greater Manchester
attended the re-launch of the student crime awareness campaign at Manchester University on
7th November 2003. The launch was attended by Home Office Minister, Hazel Blears and
TV personality David Dickinson, whose programme "Bargain Hunt" provided the theme for
the campaign.
The campaign, which features a new viral game called "Bargain Boost" and a new-look
good2bsecure Website (www.good2bsecure.gov.uk), has been re-designed to offer more
practical, targeted advice to students on protecting themselves and their property. The game
encourages players to compete against each other to win a cash prize as well as dinner with
David.
The campaign ran during November and December and saw a month of activity across
campuses in 11 of the biggest university cities across the country. Awareness raising in the
form of advertising on posters, beer mats and door hangers was followed by a week of
targeted activity to change behaviour. Crime prevention packs,
including timer switches, marker pens and checklists, were
distributed to halls of residence and student houses. All communi-
cation directed students back to the good2bsecure website for
further security information.
The campaign was designed to support the work already well
established in many universities to tackle student victimisation.
Examples of successful student crime reduction initiatives can be
found on the new Student Victimisation Mini-site on the Crime
Reduction Website: www.crimereduction.gov.uk/minisites.
For further information contact Katie Weeks, Home Office, Crime Reduction
Delivery Team, 1st Floor, Allington Towers, 19 Allington Street,
London SW1E 5EB
Tel: 020 7035 5258 Fax: 020 7035 5280
E-mail: katie.weeks@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
This initiative, set up by Merseyside Police in partnership with the Local Education Authority,
aims to target street crime offences and anti-social behaviour committed by young people, as
well as further developing and improving links with primary schools in the St Helen’s area.
The initiative involves writing, producing and delivering a play, which is then followed
up by a series of workshops with the actors themselves and the police. The aim of the play is
to educate year 6 children on the consequences of becoming involved in anti-social
behaviour and the impact this has on their community. The play communicates anti-social
behaviour messages and is delivered by local performers, who then hold discussion groups
with the children about the issues raised.
It is hoped that the initiative will provide young people with an increased awareness of
court or eviction action that can be taken as a result of becoming involved in anti-social
behaviour, as well as improving their attitude on citizenship and the positive ways in which
they can contribute to their community.
For further information contact Constable Michelle Harrison, Merseyside Police, St Helen’s Police
Station, College Street, St Helen’s, Merseyside WA10 1TG Tel: 0151 777 6883
Fife Police have produced a video in Since the launch of the video, relation-
partnership with local high schools that ships between the young people and the
aims to show young people the conse- police have improved and nuisance calls
quences of becoming involved in have been dramatically reduced. Although
anti-social behaviour and alcohol and drug the video currently only relates to Scottish
abuse. law, plans are underway to adapt it so that it
The video was put together as a result is also applicable to English law.
of vandalism, alcohol-related violence and
anti-social behaviour caused by youths in For further information and copies of the video
the area, which was increasing the fear of priced £11.00 including postage and packing
crime for local residents and having a contact PC Mark Maylin, Fife Police, Dalgety Bay
detrimental affect on the community as a Police Station, Regent’s Way,
whole. 18 young people were involved in Dalgety Bay KY11 9UY
writing and filming the video, which Tel: 01383 318900 Fax: 01383 822004
shows the various criminal activities that E-mail: mark.maylin@fife.pnn.police.uk
young people can often become involved in
and highlights the consequences and effects
this can have on them in later life.
A S
alcohol ........................9, 11, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, Secured by Design .........................................19
....................................................30, 37, 39, 43 Security ........4, 10, 13, 17, 33, 34, 37, 38, 41, 42
anti-social behaviour ..................1, 5, 11, 12, 13, Sexual Offences .............................................33
..............14, 15, 16, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 38, 40, 43 Students .....................17, 22, 26, 27, 28, 31, 33,
.....................................................36, 38, 41, 42
B
Burglary .........................................5, 17, 23, 38 V
Business Crime ..........................................2, 18 Vehicle Crime .....................................29, 35, 38
campaign ........................................................3 Violence ..............................5, 19, 20, 26, 37, 43
community .........................1, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15, 17,
....................................................23, 39, 40, 43 W
Website................................................4, 10, 13,
C .............18, 21, 24, 27, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42
Community Safety ...........................................1
Credit Cards .........................................2, 24, 30 Y
Youth Crime.................27, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43
D
damage .............................................13, 24, 32
Distraction Burglary ........................................5
Domestic Violence ...............................5, 19, 20
Drugs .......................................11, 15, 21, 30, 37
Drugs & Alcohol ............................................19
F
fear of crime ....................................................1
G
Grants ...........................................................28
H
Hate Crime ....................................................31
I
Internet ..............................................12, 38, 41
M
mobile phone ..............................20, 32, 33, 36
P
Problem-oriented Policing .......................25, 28
public transport ..............................9, 13, 15, 37