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*** November's bulletin begins ***

Partnerships

The Government's recent announcement on modernising the police force, focusing on local delivery and standards, also included an announcement of a review of the Crime & Disorder Act 1998 - specifically Sections 5-7, Section 17 & Section 115. Find out more by following the link below. Also published this month was guidance for Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships wanting to merge.

• Crime & Disorder Act Review: Building communities, beating crime

• CDRP Merger Guidance  (see under What's New)

Statistics

Late October saw the publication of a range of quarterly statistical updates. Primary among these was the quarterly update of BCS and recorded crime figures, but we've also published updated stats on ASBOs issued, on of the first sets of stats related specifically to distraction burglary, and a comparison of crime rates from 8 countries (including UK).

• Quarterly crime update (12 months to June 04)

• Quarterly ASBO statistics

• Distraction burglary: Recorded crime data

• National crime rates compared

Burglary

An interesting report published earlier this month looked at offenders' perspective on burglary - particularly their attitude to risk and when they considered they might be caught. Published at the same time was a report on he growing problem of car key theft and using burglary to obtain car keys as a method of defeating the increased sophistication of car immobilisers.

• Domestic burglary - the offenders' perspective

• Emerging methods of car theft - theft of keys

Anti-social behaviour

Both the LGA and the Home Office have published documents on ASB, the experience of ASB by members of the public, and best ways to tackle ASB.

• Sustainable solutions to anti-social behaviour

• Perceptions and experience of anti-social behaviour

Violence

We've also had sight of two recently published documents on crime and violence. The first, commissioned by Bridge House Trust, looks at the growing use of knives by young people. The second, from the Home Office (and originally published earlier this year), outlines potential interventions to reduce night-time violence looking separately at offenders, victims and locations as the subject of the intervention.

• Fear & fashion: The use of knives

• Tackling violence crime in the night-time economy

Fear of crime

The final theme we've highlighted this month is fear of crime. Two major reports on policing and the fear of crime were published in early November. The first looks at 4 key strands of reassurance policing, and the second gives a practical review of interventions that have been demonstrated to work (or not work) to reduce community fear of crime.

• Reassurance policing: an evaluation of the local management of community safety

• Reassurance policing: Review of police interventions

Other material

• Tackling domestic violence: The role of health professionals

• ACPO Secured By Design Focus newsletter

• Drugs and begging

• Drug Misuse 2004: Reducing the local impact

• CRC review questionnaire

• Information Sharing Protocol for Prolific & Priority Offenders Strategy (PPO)

• Intelligence-led vehicle crime reduction: Evaluation of Operation Gallant

• Links between bus-related crime and other crimes

In News...

• Government blitz on nuisance vehicles

• Domestic violence, crime and justice bill receives royal assent

• Tagging criminals 'damages trust'

• Alun Michael praises scheme to tackle 'crime and grime'

• Brown, Blunkett & Clarke attending Prescott's summit

Visit the News area for more details on these and other recent stories

Discussion Forum

Topics discussed this month on the Crime Reduction Website Discussion Forum include

• Theft from tradesmens vans

• Digital property recording

• Off licence sales and underage drinking

• Covert CCTV monitoring

• Petrol station drive-offs

The Discussion Forum is available to all crime and disorder reduction practitioners. To register for the Forum, visit the Forum.

Stuart Charman

Crime Reduction Website Manager

Email: stuart.charman@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: 01347 825064

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Last update: 22 November 2004