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We send a bulletin to subscribers each month, outlining some of the more significant items we've added to the site. The most recent bulletin is given below. To subscribe to the monthly bulletin, visit our sign-up page and leave your email address. Unsubscribe instructions are at the foot of this page.
*** May's bulletin begins ***
Partnership Assessment and Delivery System (PADS)
The Partnership Assessment and Delivery System (PADS) is the system used by the Home Office to track performance by Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) and to plan interventions in underperforming partnerships. A guidance document introducing partnerships to the new system is now available to download.
Criminal damage guides
We've added to the list of 4-page good practice guides issued by the Home Office on the topic of criminal damage. The 3 new additions looks at tackling arson, at taking a problem-oriented approach to tackling criminal damage, and at running clean up days.
Quarterly crime statistics
The most recent quarterly crime figures (published at the end of April) show overall crime levels to be a little lower than 12 months ago. Recent falls in volume crime have continued but there have been rises in violent crime and robbery.
Fraud
More statistics published this month analyse the level of fraud and technology crime in 2003/04 compared with 12 months previously. It finds stable levels of credit and debt card fraud (although the recent introduction of chip-and-pin is likely to have had an impact on this) and increases in home computer abuses (hacking, viruses and illegal downloading). Our material on fraud law has also been updated this month.
Other material
In the News…
Turn in your knife before it's turned on you
APA invites Home Secretary to agree a shared vision for the future of policing
New Home Office Ministerial team
Delivering 21st century protection for the vulnerable
Action targeted at neighbourhoods makes people feel safer
Visit our News section for details of these and other recent stories. You can also now find the latest crime press releases on our homepage.
Discussion Forum
Topics discussed this month on the CRW Discussion Forum include
Naming and shaming
Pedal cycles in communal hallways
Scrap metal theft reduction
Potential disorder - World Cup 2006
Personal attack marker sprays
The Discussion Forum is available to all crime and disorder practitioners. Register for the Forum.
Stuart Charman
Crime Reduction Website Manager
http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk
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Last update: Monday, September 04, 2006