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| Abbreviation or Acronym | Full format of abbreviation or acronym | 3 Line description |
| Crime and Policing Group | This group, part of HO Research Development and Statistics Directorate, is responsible for collection and analysis of statistics on crime and the police, research on how to reduce crime and how to improve police performance/effectiveness, and the identification and dissemination of good practice for crime reduction and effective policing. (formerly PRCU) | |
| C&E | Customs and Excise | HM Customs and Excise is a Government department with responsibility for collecting billions of pounds in revenue each year in VAT, other taxes and customs duties. It also protects the country from illegal imports of drugs, alcohol and tobacco smuggling and tax fraud. |
| CAD | Communities Against Drugs | Central 3 year funding programme for community based interventions, announced in 2001. £220m provided to CDRPs over the 3 years. Guidance at www.crimereduction.gov.uk/drugsalcohol23.htm |
| CAF | Confiscated Assets Fund | The Fund is made up of money confiscated from drug dealers. Local community and voluntary anti-drug groups, which address drug issues and how they influence people’s lives, can apply for money from this fund. |
| CBO | Community Beat Officer | Police officer dedicated to a beat or ward area within a BCU. |
| CBRN | Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear |
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| CCJEP | Centre for Criminal Justice Economics and Pyschology | The core purpose of the CCJEP is to conduct research aimed at helping to reduce the impact of crime on society and promote public safety. Set up by the Home Office, in partnership with the University of York in April 2001, the Centre combines the knowledge and expertise of economists, psychologists and statisticians in addressing the key concerns of the criminal justice system. http://www.york.ac.uk/criminaljustice |
| CCTV | Closed Circuit Television | A TV system that does not broadcast signals to public systems but to a limited number of monitors. It may use cable or wireless transmitters/ receivers or the Internet. The Home Office ran a CCTV funding programme under the CRP http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/cctvminisite4.htm |
| Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships | Set up through the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, CDRPs must audit crime and disorder in their areas and set up a strategy to reduce it every three years. | |
| CHILDREN'S FUND | The Children’s Fund is a government initiative supporting some of the poorest and most vulnerable 5-13 year olds in England. | |
| CICA | Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority | Non-departmental public body sponsored by the Home Office and Scottish Executive. It administers the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. http://www.cica.gov.uk |
| CIDA | Concerted Inter Agency Drug Action group | Has responsibility for action at national and international level to reduce the availability of Class A drugs to the UK. |
| CJCC | Criminal Justice Consultative Council | CJCC is an inter-agency group bringing together top level representatives from across the Criminal Justice System to promote cooperation within the CJS and to advise government on matters of practical application. http://www.cjsonline.org.uk/working/aims/joined.html |
| CJIT | Criminal Justice Information Technology | CJIT is a joint initiative between the Home Office, Lord Chancellor's Department and the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure better integration of information systems, IT and related business processes across the Criminal Justice System (CJS) of England and Wales. http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk |
| CJJPU | Criminal Justice Joint Planning Unit | CJJPU's purpose is to take forward the work that emerged from the cross-departmental Comprehensive Spending Review for the CJS, including establishing and maintaining joint strategic planning and performance management arrangements across the CJS and producing CJS strategic and business plans. http://www.cjsonline.gov.uk |
| CJS | Criminal Justice System | The Criminal Justice System in England and Wales is made up of a number of separate agencies and departments which are responsible for various aspects of the work of maintaining law and order and the administration of justice. >> more detail |
| CLEDU | Drugs Unit - Communities & Law Enforcement | |
| Criminal Law Policy Unit | Part of Home Office Criminal Justice Group (Criminal Law & Policy). Keeps under review aspects of the criminal law, including ensuring that it is sufficient for the purposes of opposing criminal activities. Formerly SOU. | |
| CMF | Capital Modernisation Fund | The CMF was set up in the Comprehensive Spending Review to support capital investment to improve public services. The fund is allocated on a competitive basis - details from Capital Modernisation Fund (CMF): Index |
| CONNEXIONS | Young peoples advice and support services.
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| CPA | Comprehensive Performance Assessment | A framework to measure the overall performance of a local authority council, using best value performance indicators, best value inspection reports, and audit reports. http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/cpa/ |
| CPC | Crime Prevention College (Easingwold) | see Crime Reduction Centre (CRC) www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crc.htm |
| Crime Prevention Design Advisor | ||
| CPO | Crime Prevention Officer | Police employee who is trained in crime prevention techniques and problem solving - until September 2003 by the HO CRC -transferred to Centrex at this time. Other titles used include Crime Reduction Officer, Community Safety Officer, Crime Risk Manager etc. |
| CPS | Crown Prosecution Service | Responsible for prosecuting people in England & Wales charged by police with a criminal offence. http://www.cps.gov.uk |
| CPTED | Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design | The basic premise of CPTED is that proper design and effective use of the physical environment can lead to a reduction in the incidence and fear of crime. http://www.cpted.net >> more detail |
| CRAVED | Concealable, Removable, | Characteristics that make items attractive to criminals, introduced by RV Clarke. >> more detail |
| Crime Reduction Centre | Part of the Home Office Crime Reduction Delivery Team, CRC offers learning, publishing and information services http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crc.htm (formerly Crime Reduction College) | |
| Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group | Home Office Directorate formed in April 2003 from PCRG and OCDIG. Encompasses police policy & standards, crime, anti-social behaviour, organised crime, international issues and drugs. | |
| CRDB | Crime Reduction Delivery Board | Established in 2003 chaired by the Home Office with respresentation from key stakeholders. |
| Crime Reduction Directors | Now called Home Office Regional Directors HORD. | |
| Crime Reduction Delivery Team | Home Office unit within CRCSG which includes crime strategy & reassurance, partnership performance, and volume crime and resources. | |
| CRISS | Crime Reduction in Secondary Schools | This initiative received £12 million under the Crime Reduction Programme. A two year project which aimed to reduce local crime rates by improving school management of pupils' behaviour and reducing truancy, exclusion, unauthorised absence and bullying. Evaluation is being undertaken by Sheffield Hallam University http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/ed/rescrime.html |
| Crime Reduction Programme | The Crime Reduction Programme (CRP) was a £250 million programme that ran for 3 years from April 1999 and which took an evidence-based approach to reducing crime in England and Wales. An extra £153 million, for the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) initiative, was announced in March 1999. http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crimered.htm | |
| CRPPU | Crime Reduction Programme and Partnerships Unit | See CRDT (formerly CRPU, below) |
| CRPU | Crime Reduction Programme Unit | See CRDT (formerly Crime Reduction Unit, CRU) |
| CRT | Crime Reduction Team | Teams within Government Offices which make a regional contribution to Home Office Aim to build a safe, just and tolerant society. >> more detail |
| CSR | Comprehensive Spending Review | The review sets out the Government's tax and spending plans, including those for public investment, in the context of its overall approach to social, economic and environmental objectives. |
| CSSU | Correctional Services Standards Unit | Part of the Correctional and Rehabilitation Policy Directorate in the Home Office Correctional Services >> more detail |
| DAR | Drug Analysis and Research | A unit in the Home Office |
| Drug Action Team | DAT's are defined in the National Drugs Strategy. They are non-statutory, autonomous bodies charged with the role of being the 'principal mechanism by which agencies will develop the resource partnerships' to give 'clear co-ordination between objectives, resources and outcomes'. >> more detail | |
| DAAT | Drug and Alcohol Action Team | 5 regional teams in Wales which review the extent of drug and alcohol problems within their areas and the existing strategy to deal with them. Based on these reviews, they establish local strategies and plans for overcoming the misuse of drugs and alcohol in their respective areas. |
| DANOS | Drug and Alcohol National Occupational Standards | See drugs website for information. |
| DBTF | Distraction Burglary Task Force | DBTF is a partnership covering local and national government, the police, business and the voluntary sector. It is sponsored by the Home Office and a number of utility companies. DBTF aims to tackle distraction burglary (also known as burglary artifice or bogus callers). http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/burglary59.htm |
| DEF | Drug Education Forum | The Drug Education Forum brings together a range of national organisations from health, education, police and voluntary sectors that deliver or support the delivery of drug education |
| DfES | Department for Education and Skills | Government Department covering children's education, life and work skills for young people and adult learning. http://www.dfes.gov.uk |
| DIP | Drug Intervention Programme | This is a 3-year programme to develop and integrate measures for directing adult drug-misusing offenders out of crime and into treatment |
| Drug Legislation and Enforcement Unit | DLEU is responsible for delivering the Communities and Supply Disruption targets of the National Drugs Strategy; the statutory framework governing the wider misuse of drugs; the regulation of the licit trade in controlled drugs and chemicals; European and wider international liaison; and providing the secretariat to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. | |
| Drugs Prevention Advisory Service | ||
| DRUGSCOPE | DrugScope is the UK's leading independent centre of expertise on drugs. Our aim is to inform policy development and reduce drug-related risk. | |
| DSD | Drug Strategy Directorate | The Drugs Strategy Directorate oversees the delivery of the National Drugs Strategy's aims through the work of drug action teams (DATs). It works closely with the the Home Office, Department of Health (DH), the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Treasury as well as with key agencies. |
| DTTO | Drug Treatment and Testing Order | The Drug Testing and Treatment Order (DTTO) is a new community sentence, aimed at breaking the link between drug use and crime. It is an alternative to custodial sentences. |
DVI | Domestic Violence Initiative | See VAWI |
| DVLA | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT) |
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