Arson
Practical Advice for Arson Reduction
The following sources of information are of particular use:
The Home Office has published a series of 6 short practical guides to help practitioners address vandalism and criminal damage, including a guide on tackling arson. Each guide is concise - at 4 pages long - and addresses practical issues, illustrating its points with case studies. The guides can be accessed via the following link: www.crimereduction.gov.uk/vandalism01
The Arson Toolkit is one of several packages produced as part of the government's crime reduction strategy. It contains a range of good practice guidance and practical tools such as pro-forma action plans and risk assessment checklists. The Toolkit is available via the following link: www.crimereduction.gov.uk/toolkits/an00.htm
The Arson Control Forum has reinforced this information with a series of best practice guidance documents and other information based on research findings. This guidance is available via the following link: http://www.communities.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1124424
Last update: Wednesday, September 06, 2006