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Information sources
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1. Profile of offenders
Are crimes the work of many or a few persistent young offenders?
- Do offender profiles point to common factors, e.g.
- Age
- School exclusion
- School underachievement
- Lack of skills
- Other offences
- Organised criminal networks
- What evidence is there that crimes are drug-related?
- How do offenders become involved?
- Do offenders live locally or are they travelling to the area to
commit crime?
- Do recovery rates suggest that the persistent offenders are
opportunists/ professionals?
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- Police
- Youth Offending Teams
- Probation Service
- Arrest Referral Scheme
- Drug Action Teams
- Social Services
- Schools
- Education Authorities
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2. Targets
What makes the targets of persistent young offending attractive
(e.g. stereo system, laptops, mobile phones, easy to dispose/sell)
- What makes victims particularly vulnerable? (Age, gender,
ethnicity, area where they live, analysis of repeat victimisations?)
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- Police
- Youth Offending Teams
- Probation service
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3. Physical environment
What features of crime hotspots make them attractive to youth
offending? ( physical layout & features of estate/housing
complex/ shopping, arcade, schools bus stop area/locations, poor
lighting, lack of natural surveillance; open access
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- Police
- Youth Offending Teams
- Probation service
- Car park managers/operators
- Local residents/businesses
- Local planners
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4. Social environment
Is there an absence of 'crime preventors'? - people or
organisations, either formal or informal who can influence the
offender in advance of the event, intervene during the event or
react afterwards
- Is there an environment of 'crime promoters' - either knowingly
or unwittingly e.g. supplying tools or knowledge, providing
outlets for goods, peer pressure
- What are the markets for goods stolen by young? How are goods
disposed of?
- Community facilities - routine of use of shops, leisure and
entertainment facilities; 'street' routine e.g. traffic,
commuters, local services - creating opportunity for crime
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Retailers
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Second-hand markets
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