Publications
Crime Concern Publications
As part an ongoing 'Partnership Support Programme' backed by the Home Office, Crime Concern has produced a new series of briefing papers specifically for community safety partnerships. The range of best practice publications focuses on the key challenges facing partnerships. Brief summaries of each are given below:
Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour
This paper brings together recent developments in research, policy and practice to help partnerships address the issues associated with anti-social behaviour. The paper:
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looks at definitions
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summarises research findings on the causes of anti-social behaviour
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charts recent changes in policy and legislation on anti-social behaviour
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suggests ways forward in tackling key issues facing partnerships
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signposts useful resources.
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"Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour" 
PDF 562Kb
Drugs and Community Safety
Developing and implementing sustainable initiatives which tackle these issues at a community level can seem daunting, but practical examples from around the country show that good results can be achieved by applying common principles of problem analysis and evidence-based practice, and by grounding responses in communities.
This briefing paper is intended as a practical guide to assist Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) in reducing drug-related crime and disorder at a local level.
Sections of the paper look in turn at:
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the linkages between drugs and crime
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the policy context
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problem analysis
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community-based responses
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joining up approaches
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mainstreaming activity
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A final section reproduces the assessment of 'what works' in tackling drugs misuse included in the Government's reply to the Third Report from the Home Affairs Committee.
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"Drugs & Community Safety"
PDF 555Kb
Funding Community Safety
Fundraising and the management of funding streams has become an essential task for many people working in the public and voluntary sectors. The stakes are high; success can mean the difference between a project continuing or closing down, people most in need being helped or not. Even when there is a guaranteed core income, additional money is often needed to extend the range of the work or to secure some of the "extras".
Seeking and managing funds is in itself a time consuming process and partnerships will need to identify personnel from amongst their membership who have the capacity to undertake this work.
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) currently have access to a number of dedicated funding streams from their Regional Crime Reduction Team: Partnership Development Fund, Safer Communities Initiative and Communities Against Drugs. However, partnerships may wish to seek additional funding to undertake specific projects which will contribute to the achievement of their Crime Reduction Strategies.
This briefing paper is designed to help CDRPs with their fundraising activities by providing advice on:
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preparing a fundraising strategy
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key sources of funding
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principles of effective fundraising
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getting started.
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"Funding Community Safety"
PDF 527Kb
Young People in Rural Britain: partners in crime prevention
Much has been written about rural crime, and about crime committed by and against children and young people. This briefing paper cannot hope to refer, even briefly, to the wealth of information available about both topics. Instead it will concentrate on the experience of children and young people in rural areas – as victims and perpetrators of crime, disorder, nuisance and bullying – and in particular on the contribution they can make as partners in crime reduction. The energy, imagination, knowledge and experience of young people are resources which need to be fully exploited if crime problems are to be properly understood and solutions are to be effective.
This briefing paper:
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contains a summary of some of the statistical data on crime committed against and by young people who live in the countryside
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draws out the distinctive features of rural life which mean that crime problems affecting young people have to be dealt with differently in rural areas compared to urban areas
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explores the role that young people can play in both helping to understand local crime and disorder problems; and in identifying and implementing possible solutions
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describes a variety of projects which are designed to meet the needs of young people in rural areas, to divert them from crime, and to build bridges with the wider community
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looks at the services, structures and frameworks needed to sustain long term crime reduction activity, aimed particularly at young people in rural areas
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refers to relevant legislation and lists some useful resources.
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"Young People in Rural Britain: Partners in Crime
Prevention"
PDF 527Kb
Keeping Section 17 on the Agenda
The 1998 Crime & Disorder Act provided local authorities, the police and a number of other key partners with a new legal framework to reduce crime and disorder. Within this, Section 17 of the Act requires local authorities, police authorities and other agencies to consider crime and disorder reduction and community safety in the exercise of all their duties and activities. Potentially this is a powerful tool, requiring authorities to look at the crime reduction potential of all their policies, budgetary and other decisions and service provision. The recent introduction of a more performance driven regime for Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships, supported by reporting structures introduced in the Police Reform Act 2002, is likely to further highlight the variation in responses to Section 17.
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"Keeping Section 17 on the Agenda"
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We've also put together a full on-screen version of Keeping Section on the Agenda to complement the printable PDF file.
Last update: 08/09/04