Violent Crime & Street Robbery
Fighting Violent Crime Together: The Action Plan
Violent crime has been rising over the long term (although it has fallen in recent years) and remains an area in which the Government is determined to see continued progress. The Fighting Violent Crime Together Action Plan has been published to assist crime reduction partnerships by introducing the following:
Improved support for victims and witnesses
Additional funding for Victim Support, partly to set up a national help-line
Doubled grant for Support After Murder & Manslaughter
New measures to support vulnerable victims & witnesses
Better Policing & Prevention
More police recruits
Additional money targeting rural policing
Reform of the law on sex offences
New initiatives to tackle youth crime, robbery, racially-motivated crime, disorder, and illegal firearms
Extension of the national DNA database
A new fully automated fingerprint system
Punishing Violent Crime
Creation of the Joint Prison & Probation Accreditation Panel
A new offender system
New public protection standards to protect the public from those who have committed sex crimes or violent crimes
New powers for electronic tagging of offenders
A statutory basis for Public Protection Panels
Attacking The Causes Of Violent Crime
More support from the Crime Reduction Programme to tackle domestic violence
A new National Family & Parenting Institute providing family and parental support
A new Family Support Grant programme
500 Sure Start programmes by 2004
A new programme for 13-19 year olds working with youth services to provide support for the transition to work and adult life
New powers for the police to deal with alcohol-related violence
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Last update: 27/08/03