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*** April's bulletin begins ***

Reforming the Home Office

The Prime Minister has announced changes to Government structures to strengthen the capacity to deal with the threat of terrorism. These changes will strengthen the role of the Home Secretary and the capabilities of the Home Office to deal with this on-going threat. The Prime Minister announced a new Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, based in the Home Office, and a new Ministerial Committee on Security and Terrorism, to be chaired by the Prime Minister. Alongside these changes the Prime Minister announced the creation of a Ministry of Justice that will bring together the main agencies dealing with the offender. The National Offender Management Service (including the Prison and Probation Services) and lead responsibility for criminal justice and sentencing policy will move from the Home Office to the Department for Constitutional Affairs from May 9. These machinery of Government changes build on the 'Security Crime and Justice' strand of the Government's policy review, which will inform the Government's response to security, public protection, and the Criminal Justice System over the next decade. The changes also respond to a review of counter-terrorism policy by the Home Secretary.

• Home Office machinery of government changes
• Building on security, crime and justice

Domestic burglary evidence base

The domestic burglary evidence base is a series of papers documenting what is currently known about the issues surrounding domestic burglary in England and Wales. It is intended to be the building block of future products that will be tailored to specific groups and these will be developed in consultation with practitioners from these groups. Following on from the Domestic Burglary pilot other crime topics will go through the same process. It is part of the Improving Performance through Applied Knowledge programme.

• Introduction
• Key domestic burglary statistics
• Identified gaps
• What works for domestic burglary crime prevention: Strength of evidence indicators
• What works for domestic burglary crime prevention: Techniques and context
• Using the 5Is system for evaluation - A list of interview themes for practitioners
• Acronyms and glossary of terms
  
  
• IPAK home page
  

Risky facilities

In any large city just a handful of bars give the police far more trouble than all the rest put together. The same is true of many other types of establishments, such as schools, convenience stores, and parking lots. In each case, just a few produce far more crime, disorder, and calls for police assistance than the rest of the group combined. This phenomenon - called risky facilities - has important implications for many problem-oriented policing projects. In particular, it can help police focus their energies where they are needed most and can help in selecting appropriate preventive measures. This guide serves as an introduction to risky facilities and shows how the concept can aid problem-oriented policing efforts.

• Understanding risky facilities

Other publications

• Impact of mentoring on re-offending
• Anti-vandalism competition for schools
  
• The problem of thefts of and from cars on residential streets and driveways
• Co-ordinated community response to domestic violence: Draft model
• Victims of abduction: Patterns and case studies
  

In the news

• Innovative help to tackle neighbours from hell
  
• New provisions in Violent Crime Reduction Act
• Double-whammy against mobile phone thieves - 80% now blocked within 48 hours and 5 years for re-programming offences
• Children remind adults to act responsibly on our streets
• Tightening the law on child sex abuse images
  

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

• Garden and garage crime leaflet
• Tamperproof numberplate screws - useless?
• Ipod security
• Off-road bike problems
• Key bumping

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/

Last update: Wednesday, April 25, 2007