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Guidance to local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) on how best to gather and utilise data on alcohol-related crime and disorder has been published by the Home Office. The guidance highlights the need to identify hot-spots and to prioritise the policing of  these areas.

Title: Alcohol-related crime and disorder data: guidance for local partnerships
Authors: John Tierney and Professor Dick Hobbs (with the assistance of Martin Elvins, Deena Kara and Katie Roberts)
Series: Home Office Development & Practice Report 6, Home Office Online Report 08/2003
Number of pages: 10 (D&P Report), 38 (Online Report), 
Date published: February 2003

These reports focus on the collection and analysis of alcohol-related crime and disorder data within the context of conducting audits under the terms of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act. The reports:

• highlight the need for CDRPs to take the problem of alcohol-related crime and disorder seriously

• consider how the term 'alcohol-related crime and disorder' might be interpreted for the purposes of auditing

• summarise the types and sources of data potentially available to CDRPs to measure alcohol-related crime and disorder

• describe different – but complementary – approaches to the measurement of alcohol-related crime and disorder, which address the issue of linking alcohol consumption to crime and disorder

• highlight issues CDRPs and individual organisations must consider to ensure a co-ordinated and informed approach to auditing when collecting, analysing and sharing data

• emphasise that data collection, analysis and sharing should not be seen exclusively as a three-yearly auditing process but as at least annual exercises that help CDRPs to monitor progress against their strategic plans.

The reports are based on research conducted at four CDRP sites in England. At each site the availability and quality of data on alcohol-related crime and disorder were examined. Findings from each site were collated and work was undertaken to ensure that the guidance is representative of the types of information potentially available to CDRPs throughout England and Wales.

Download Home Office Development & Practice Report: Guidance for local partnerships on alcohol-related crime and disorder data:  PDF 108Kb

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