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Information Required |
Information Sources |
- How many young offenders/persistent young offenders are there?
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- Youth Offending Teams (YOTs)
- Youth Justice Plan
- Police
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- What offences are they committing?
- Nuisance & disorder
- Violence
- Property crime
- Sexual offending
- Arson
- Vehicle crime
- Truancy
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- YOT ASSET tool
- Police
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Fire Service
- Local Authority
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- Where are the offences/crime occurring?
- Are there any particular hotspots?
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- YOT ASSET tool
- Police
- Local community surveys
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- What underlying issues does the offender have?
- Drugs
- Alcohol
- Mental health problems
- Aggressive behaviour/violence/bullying
- Family Breakdown
- Housing
- In-care
- Truancy
- Exclusion
- Non-attendance
- Placement in Pupil Referral Unit
- Lacks education
- Unemployment
- Poor use of leisure time
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Health authority
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- When is the offence/crime occurring
- Day
- Night
- Seasonal variations
- School holidays or correlation with other seasonal changes
e.g. employment
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- YOT
- Police
- Education Departments (knowledge of term time, out of school
activities)
- Leisure Services (knowledge of summer schemes, outreach youth
work)
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- Where do the offenders live?
- What correlation is there between the young offender’s
residence, victim location & offence location
- Are any of the young offenders in Local Authority Care?
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- YOT
- Police
- Housing Department
- Social Services
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- What information is available about victims?
- Age, gender, particular vulnerabilities
- Any racial aspect to victimisation
- What proportion of victims are young people?
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- YOT
- Police
- Victim Support
- Crown Prosecution Service
- Council for Racial Equality
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- What is known about offender motivation?
What assessments have been made?
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- YOT
- Police
- Social Services
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Drug & Alcohol service
- Counselling & mentoring projects
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- What is the local perception of youth offending?
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- Crime & Disorder Reduction audit & strategy
- Citizen’s panels/Focus Groups
- Elected members
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