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*** March's bulletin begins ***

A wealth of material has been made available on the site this month. A big national evaluation of CCTV containing 14 detailed case studies has been published (details of the individual case studies are also available on the Ideas Exchange). ODPM have also made available some good neighbourhood renewal guidance for partnerships.

On a sadder note, it's also been announced that the Crime Reduction Centre is to close putting the future of the website in some doubt (see www.crimereduction.gov.uk/crcclosure.htm). If you find the website useful it'd help us (and potentially you) to drop an email to crc-closure@crimereduction.gov.uk and let us know.

CCTV

• Assessing the impact of CCTV (inc. 14 case studies)

• Case study 1: South city

• Case study 2: Hawkeye

• Case study 3: Northern estate

• A good practice guide for redeployable CCTV

• CCTV control room operations

• Methods used to assess the effectiveness of CCTV systems

• Public attitudes to CCTV

• Police attitudes to CCTV

Neighbourhood renewal

• Tackling illegal drugs as part of neighbourhood renewal

• Diversity and neighbourhood renewal factsheet

• Neighbourhood policing: Your police, your community, our commitment

• Engaging business support for neighbourhood renewal

• Restorative justice - helping to meet local needs

Domestic Violence

• Support for survivors and support to black and minority ethnic group communities

• Tackling domestic violence: Effective approaches

Sexual offences

• Evaluation of STAR (surviving trauma after rape) project

• Attrition in rape cases

Other material

• Your business - keep crime out of it

• Vehicle Fires: Explaining the rise in vehicle arson

• UK card fraud losses to £500m

• ASBO statistics

• Brains not brawn, policing drugs conference report

• Together we can reduce re-offending and increase public confidence (NOMS consultation paper)

• Challenging and changing young people's racist behaviour

In the news...

- A bright future for the community and voluntary sector
- Protecting children and vulnerable adults - a new offence of familial homicide
- Government moves to reduce impact of drugs on the lives of children and young people
- New guide on restorative justice to help victims of crime
- Prolific and priority offenders programme rolled out nationally

See www.crimereduction.gov.uk/news.htm?w39 for more details on these and other recent stories

Discussion Forum

Topics discussed this month on the CRW Discussion Forum include

• Public transport safer travel

• Shed breaks

• Thefts of poultry

• Terms of reference for neighbourhood watch

• Pub watch

The Discussion Forum is available to all crime and disorder reduction practitioners. Visit the Discussion Forum

Stuart Charman
Crime Reduction Website Manager

Last update: 23 March 2005