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2000
The Road to Nowhere: the evidence for travelling criminals
It is commonly assumed that greater mobility in contemporary society has led to offenders travelling longer distances to commit crime, particularly in affluent rural areas. This report examines offender’s travel-to-crime patterns using a geographical information system to explore offender and victim mobility in relation to burglary and car crime.
Drugs and Crime: the results of the second developmental stage of the NEW-ADAM programme
This report gives a clear assessment, underpinned by urine testing, of recent drugs consumption on the part of the general range of suspected offenders arrested by the police. Based on fieldwork in four English locations, it builds on earlier research carried out by in five places which was presented in Home Office research Study 183, Drugs and Crime: the results of research on drug testing and interviewing arrestees ...
DPAS Guidance on Tackling Drug Abuse Amongst Young People
The Drugs Prevention Advisory Service (DPAS) published three papers and briefings in 2000 on drugs prevention amongst younger people:
1999
Drug Misuse Declared in 1998: Key Results From The British Crime Survey
The British Crime Survey (BCS) is a large-scale household survey, representative of the general public in England and Wales. The main focus is on victimisation, but other topics are also covered, including self-reported drug taking. The same self-report process has now been used in 1994, 1996 and 1998, giving a guide to changing patterns of prohibited drug use by people aged 16–59.....
Alcohol & Crime: Taking Stock
This report explores the impact of alcohol on crime by gathering together information from the academic, health and policing fields. It discusses the links between alcohol and crime; identifies recommendations to reduce alcohol-related crime; and suggests methods which reduce the level of policing and other resources needed to deal with these offences.
1998
Repeat Victimisation: Taking Stock
Home Office Crime Detection and Prevention Series, Paper 90 (1998)by Ken Pease
Downtown Drinkers: The Perceptions & Fears of the Public in a City Centre
Crime Prevention Unit Paper 19 (1989) - Downtown Drinkers: The perceptions and fears of the public in a city centre by Malcolm Ramsey reports on a survey of public perceptions of street drinking prior to an experimental byelaw being introduced.
Arrest Referral: Emerging Lessons From Research
This report gave interim findings from the continuing evaluation of the DPI criminal justice projects being conducted by the Criminal Policy Research Unit at South Bank University. The report focuses on the arrest referral components of the DPI criminal justice drugs intervention demonstration projects in South London and Derby, and on the Get it While You Can arrest referral project in Brighton.
Drugs & Crime: The Results of Research on Drug Testing and Interviewing Arrestees
There has been considerable speculation in recent years as to the proportion of crime that is drug-related. This report, based on research in five English locations, gives a clear assessment - based on urine testing - of recent drug consumption on the part of samples of people arrested by the police....
Clubs, Drugs & Doormen
This report uses case studies from two force areas (Merseyside and Northumbria) to illustrate the nature of the connections between the topics of its title and develop proposals for their disruption.
Last update: Monday, September 04, 2006