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2002

Leicestershire Community Punishment Pathfinder

Leicestershire is piloting a scheme for improved case management, and skills training and accreditation on Community Punishment & Rehabilitation Orders.

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Shooting, gangs & violent incidents in Manchester: Developing a crime reduction strategy

This study is based on a six-month project undertaken in Manchester aimed at reducing the incidence of gun crime, using targeted policing (and funds from the Home Office's Targeted Policing Initiative). 

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Rape and sexual assault of women: findings from the British Crime Survey

The 1998 and 2000 British Crime Surveys included computerised self-completion questionnaires designed to provide the most accurate ever estimates of the extent and nature of sexual victimisation in England and Wales. 

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Tackling anti-social behaviour: What really works?

Findings from the British Crime Survey (BCS) 2000 revealed that nine per cent of adults had experienced disorderly and anti-social behaviour in the last year. The most commonly cited anti-social behaviour was young people being rude or abusive (cited by a fifth of respondents).

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The Crime Reduction Programme

The Crime Reduction Programme includes a violence against women component which will provide at least £6 million for projects addressing domestic violence and rape and sexual assault by known perpetrators. 

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Cards Today: The Big Picture on Payment Cards
August 2002 - Edition 2

Cards Today is a bi-annual newsletter produced by APACS for people with an interest in the payment card industry. It features the latest developments in the payment card industry such as plastic card statistics, security, technology developments at ATMs and initiatives to tackle card fraud.

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Personal Safety on Buses

The DTLR has recently published guidance primarily aimed at managers and operating agencies, to assist in improving personal security for staff and passengers in bus travel. 

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Patterns of offending behaviour: a new approach

This study focuses on developing a typology of criminal activity. It describes criminal activity in five-year age groups rather than the conventional approach of summarising a lifetime of crime. 

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Evaluation of electronic tagging scheme

This report describes results from an evaluation of the first 13 months of the roll-out of curfew orders, 1 December 1999 to 31 December 2000. The research aimed to establish whether the experience of the pilots was replicated nationally and to assess the effectiveness of the order. 

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