Home Office Good Practice Seminars
Violent Crime Seminar
11 December 2003
Renaissance Hotel, Manchester
Aims
To provide good practice information on a range of initiatives which will be effective in tackling violent crime
To provide a forum for practitioners from around the country to share successful ideas, explore problems and barriers to success, and learn from each other's experience.
Summary
Geoff Whitehead, Crime Reduction Team Leader for the Government Office North West introduced the day and two guest speakers.
Sally Dowler from Milly's Fund and Sharon Doughty from Missdorothy.com spoke on the subject of violent crime against children and young people.
Delegates selected two of the following four workshops:
Workshop 1
Work related violence: early findings from the Safer Hospitals Initiative
Chris Wyers, Police Scientific Development Branch, Home Office
Workshop 2
"Watch Over Me": personal safety and children
Sharon Doughty, Missdorothy.com and Anthony Wills, former Metropolitan Police Borough Commander, Hammersmith & Fulham
Workshop 3
Multi-Agency Strategies: the holistic approach to tackling gun and gang crime
Mark Powell, Manchester Action Against Gangs
Workshop 4
Investigating rape and supporting victims
Catherine Owen and Fiona McGrath, Project Sapphire, Metropolitan Police
Last update: 28/01/04