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Addressing crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour incidents/complaints sooner rather
later should lead to fewer complaints and cut the cost of dealing with follow-up incidents.
Targeted work with young people at risk of offending can save on later, more costly
interventions.
Other measures – e.g. incorporating better lighting levels, cctv systems, good
public transport, etc may well be cost neutral.
Where measures do require resources, the case for investment can be strengthened
by:
Demonstrating public concern/demand, e.g. as measured in local or national
surveys.
Demonstrating the impact the issue has on staff.
(Clarke and Mayhew 1998 cite one survey of workers at a regional hospital when
nearly 70% of the 1,000 respondents expressed fear of being a victim of assault or
abusive behaviour at Accident & Emergency Departments
Demonstrating wider benefits (e.g. impact on property values and revenue)
Making links with other local and national policy objectives, e.g.
Youth inclusion
Neighbourhood renewal
Making these links may help to open avenues to a wider range of funding sources..
Relevant strands of the crime reduction programme are listed below and can be found at: http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/cri_index.htm.
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Reducing
Burglary: A programme targeting neighbourhoods in
England and Wales with high burglary rates.
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Targeted
Policing: This programme is not aimed at any
particular type of crime, but at helping the police to
develop and implement a problem oriented approach. It
will invest around £30 million over three years.
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On
Track: Children and Families at Risk: 'On Track’
is a long-term initiative aimed at children at risk of
getting involved in crime.
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Treatment
of Offenders: More than £20 million is available on
a range of initiatives to develop effective practice in
working with offenders.
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Drug
Arrest Referrals: £20 million will be spent on
developing face to face arrest referral schemes that aim
to impact upon drug-related offending in England and
Wales.
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Intervention
Work in Schools: This initiative aims to integrate
approaches to improving schools’ management of pupils’
behaviour and reducing truancy and exclusion.
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Locks
for Pensioners: Up to £12 million has been
committed from the CRP to improving home security for
pensioners living in low income households in
neighbourhoods suffering high domestic burglary rates.
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Domestic
Violence and Violence Against Women: £6.3m has been
committed from the CRP to fund 34 projects on domestic
violence, rape and sexual assault.
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Vehicle
Licensing: £6 million is available to improve
vehicle licensing and registration systems.
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Youth
Inclusion: £13 million is being made available to
enable about 70 Youth Inclusion schemes to be
established.
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Sentencing:
£5 million has been allocated to develop the evidence
base for sentencing and enforcement practices.
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Neighbourhood
Wardens: The work of 18 teams of experts will be
brought together in 2000 into a National Strategy for
Neighbourhood Renewal.
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Design
Against Crime: This initiative seeks to encourage
crime-resistance in design.
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CCTV
Initiative: £153million is available for England
and Wales for the period up to March 2002.
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Tackling
Prostitution: What Works?: A total of £0.5 million
is available for local agencies working within a
multi-agency context to implement local strategies for
reducing prostitution-related crime and disorder
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