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Items are listed in date order, with the most recent first.
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2004
Evaluation of the Community Facilitation Programme
This is an evaluation study of the Community Facilitation Programme set up in July 2001 by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) following the summer disturbances in northern towns to reduce inter-ethnic community conflict and tension.
Reassuring the public – a review of international policing interventions
Reduction of fear of crime has become increasingly important over recent years, remaining stubbornly high in the face of steadily falling crime rates. This report looks at evaluated projects from USA, Australia and the UK in an attempt to determine which factors are most effective in reducing fear of crime.
Piloting 'On the spot penalties' for disorder
The Criminal Justice system and Police Act 2001 has issued a pilot scheme to issue penalty notices or 'on the spot penalties' for punishing low-level disorder offences such as 'causing harassment, alarm or distress' and 'disorderly behaviour while drunk'.
Community Support Officer (Detention Power) Pilot
The Police Reform Act 2002 gives new Community Support Officers the power to detain someone they suspect has committed an offence for up to 30 minutes. When this power was first introduced there was concern that it might not be practical or useful to enforce. A pilot was established in 6 areas to evaluate the operation of the new power. This publication reports on the findings of this study.
Implementing Restorative Justice Schemes
This Home Office report focuses on processes and initiation of 3 restorative justice schemes under its Crime Reduction Programme from mid-2001.
Reducing Burglary Initiative: an analysis of costs, benefits and cost effectiveness
This Home Office report builds on the findings of 3 teams to produce an economic evaluation of the Reducing Burglary Initiative (RBI) projects. The researchers explore the evidence that has been gathered on costs and benefits across the projects, review some of the limitations of the methods used, and make some suggestions about the direction in which the developing methodology can be pushed forward. Overall the analysis indicates the RBI is a cost efficient and intervention effective programme.
Strategic Development Projects in the Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands and Eastern regions
This report summarises the findings of a project evaluation of 21 Strategic Development Projects (SDPs) in the East Midlands, East, and Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office regions. There appeared a varied project success level, with only a 6 projects associated with significant burglary reductions in their target areas. Further, there was little support for a prevention strategy focused on preventing repeat victimisation.
Assessing the impact of the Reducing Burglary Initiative in southern England and Wales
This Home Office report summarises findings about the impact of The Reducing Burglary Initiative projects covered in southern England and Wales. It considers what worked in reducing domestic burglary, and explains factors of its success. Twenty-one Strategic Development Projects (SDPs) were evaluated across southern England and Wales, although the number of projects was reduced to 20, when 2 projects combined.
Effectiveness of Town Centre CCTV
This study attempts to assess if crime prevention is the main reason for the existence of town centre CCTV in Gillingham. It examines crime statistics from Gillingham for five years post CCTV - in contrast to many recent studies which on examine a 12-month post-implementation period - and compares these to a similar control area with no CCTV over the same time period.
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