Burglary
Biting Back: Tackling Repeat Victimisation
Crime Detection and Prevention Series, Paper 58 (1995) by D. Anderson, S. Chenery, and K. Pease
The paper describes a project to consider how forces might tackle repeat victimisation as part of their crime management strategies for burglary and car crime, and to provide guidance on how the current obstacles to this might be overcome.
In developing strategies to tackle repeat victimisation, forces need to ensure:
Crime recording systems can accurately identify repeat victimisation. Systems need to be developed which are capable of both measuring and monitoring victimisation patterns.
Reported incident data are likely to provide an underestimate of true rates of repeat victimisation for all offences.
Measurement problems are least substantial for domestic burglary, which may provide a good starting point for tackling repeat victimisation.
Procedures are in place for a prompt response to repeat victims.
The allocation of resources, including the co-ordination of prevention and detection activities, reflects local victimisation patterns. A graded response to victims on the basis of the number of previous victimisations may facilitate a cost-effective targeting of resources.
Getting a copy
Biting back: Tackling repeat burglary and car crime (PDF format) is available here.
Last update: 12/03/03