Outline Approach

Local strategies need to be based on a clear understanding of the local situation and avoid making assumptions about the problems and their causes.

This means gathering and analysing information on:

• What types of crime?

• When are they occurring?

• How often?

• Where they are taking place?

• Who or what is the target?

• What is the impact?

• Are repeats occurring?

• How are they doing it?

This section sets out to help partners with this analysis.It provides summary checklists for suggested local use.

It also draws on the principles set out in the "Conjunction of Criminal Opportunity" framework developed by the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. This framework maps out a generic and systematic way of thinking about the chosen crime problem, analysing its immediate causes, considering the entire range of types of intervention possible, putting them together into practical solutions, then implementing, evaluating and adjusting these.