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- Crime in England and Wales 2007-08
The latest annual crime figures have been published by the Home Office. They show substantial falls in most crime types. They also show that Public Service Agreement 1 (PSA1) - to reduce crime by 15% and further in high crime areas - has been met and exceeded.
In Research > Statistics - Delivering safer communities
A new introduction to partnerships and their role and responsibilities has been written for Primary Care Trusts by the NHS Confederation, Home Office and the Deprtmentment for Health.
In Publications > Other publications - Youth Crime Action Plan
The youth crime action plan calls for more work to stop children from getting involved in criminality. It calls action to get youths off the streets late at night, to provide intensive support for troubled families and to levy tougher, more visible community payback sentences for young people convicted of crime.
In Publications > Crime solutions
- The Tilley Awards
The three national finalists for the Tilley Awards have been identified and announced on this page. You can view a summary of the projects shortlisted here.
In Initiatives > Awards
- Human Trafficking Action Plan
The Home Office and the Scottish Government have jointly published an update to the Human Trafficking Action Plan. Human trafficking is a serious and often highly organized crime in which people, including children, are traded as commodities, for sexual exploitation, forced labour or other forms of exploitation. The Action Plan set out the Government strategy to tackle this abhorrent practice.
In Publications > Other publications
- Crime and Communities Review - Engaging communities in fighting crime
A major review examining how to better engage communities in the fight against crime and raise public confidence in the Criminal Justice System was published today. 'Engaging Communities in Fighting Crime' is the result of an in-depth, eight-month study headed by Louise Casey, former head of the Government's Respect Task Force
In Publications > Publicity
- Tackling Gangs Action Programme (TGAP)
The Home Office has published two papers relating to the Tackling Gangs Action Programme (TGAP) programme. The first, Monitoring data from the Tackling Gangs Action Programme looks at the methodology and results from the programme while the second, A practical guide to tackling gangs, sets out some of the key approaches used.
In Research > Crime and communities
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