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Problem Oriented Partnerships Conference
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Problem Oriented Partnerships Conference
7 - 9 September 2004: Hilton Metropole Hotel, Birmingham
This annual conference is about practical crime and disorder reduction through problem solving partnerships. It is particularly designed to meet the needs of both practitioners and managers in local Crime and Disorder Partnerships searching for robust and lasting ways to reduce persistent crime and disorder problems. This year every delegate will also receive a free copy of 'Problem-Oriented Policing: From Innovation to Mainstream'.
Those involved in working to reduce crime and disorder are faced with a wide range of problems within their communities. Problem oriented crime reduction helps to tackle persistent problems that cause concern to communities and place demands on agencies' resources. The approach offers a flexible set of principles applicable to a broad range of problems: its rigorous but practical approach enables practitioners to identify solutions that will work in the long term.
The Problem Oriented Partnerships Conference provides a platform for the latest developments in problem oriented crime and disorder reduction. There will be a range of plenary sessions with contributions from a panel of high profile speakers as well as workshops led by specialists and practitioners, a mix which ensures there is plenty of opportunity to learn about problem oriented crime reduction in practice.
In response to increasing demand, the conference has moved to a larger venue. The conference is still likely to be over subscribed and we strongly recommend early booking. To promote wider representation from UK police forces and the wider crime and disorder reduction family, places have been allocated to each type of delegate organisation. Requests for places over this allocation will be held on a reserved list.
Allocated places not taken up by the end of June 2004, will be made available to those on the reserve list. Delegates at the conference will receive a free copy of Problem Oriented Policing: From Innovation to Mainstream edited by Johannes Knutsson. The book showcases a collection of leading authorities on improving the implementation of POP.
Conference programme
Conference opens at 2pm on Tuesday 7 September and closes after lunch on Thursday 9 September
Keynote speaker
Hazel Blears MP, Minister of State for Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety, has confirmed her attendance to open the conference and present the Tilley Award for excellence in problem oriented crime reduction
Other speakers include:
Johannes Knutsson, Professor of Police Research, National
Police Academy, Oslo, Norway
How can research support the successful implementation of POP
initiatives?
Professor Knutsson has recently edited the book Problem-Oriented
Policing: From Innovation to Mainstream, a free copy of which is
available for every delegate. The book draws together lessons on
implementing POP from a range of well-known contributors in this
field including Herman Goldstein,
Nick Tilley, Professor of Sociology, Nottingham Trent
University
Developments in problem oriented crime reduction in the UK
Nick Tilley is one of the leading voices in problem oriented
crime reduction and has published widely on the subject. The Tilley
Award is named after him and he will also talk about the key
learning points from this year's award.
Gloria Laycock, Director, Jill Dando Institute, University
College London
How Crime Science can help problem oriented crime reduction be more
effective
Gloria Laycock was one of the first people to promote POP in the
UK. Her concern to develop robust ad sustainable approaches to crime
and disorder has led her to launch Crime Science – the use of
scientific thinking to find practical ways to reduce crime and
disorder.
Paul Evans, Director, Police Standards Unit, Home Office
Creating safer communities: improving policing
Paul Evans has recently joined the Police Standards Unit from
his previous role as Police Commissioner n Boston, USA. There he
pioneered the 'Ceasefire' programme against gun crime and during his
tenure n Boston, the city earned the reputation as one of the safest
big cities in America.
Workshops
The conference will also offer a broad range of workshops and mini-presentations to meet different needs and interests. These will cover topics of interest to practitioners including examples of problem oriented partnership projects and training sessions in aspects of the approach. As in previous years some of these will be drawn from the Tilley Award entries.
Proposed workshop topics
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Crime analysis in problem solving
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Fear of crime and public reassurance
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Community cohesion and problem solving – what are the links?
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Volume crime reduction initiatives: burglary, vehicle crime, ASB, robbery
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Successful Tilley Award 2004 entries
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Problem Solving models – what works?
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Partnership initiatives
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Policing Priority Areas – lessons learned
The Tilley Award 2004
The Tilley Award for excellence in problem oriented policing will be presented at the conference and the winning projects will present their work at the conference. The Award was set up by the Home Office to encourage and recognise good practice in implementing problem oriented policing.
Click here to view the Tilley Award winners 2004
Discussion groups: led by Nick Tilley and Johannes Knuttson
Nick and Johannes will lead a discussion where delegates can seek advice in addressing their local crime and disorder problems.
Booking a place
POP2004 is now fully booked and places are no longer available. Sorry!
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