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Irene Cole & Sharon Sawers – Crime Prevention Campaigns: Theory Through to Practice<br />
CRIME PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS:<br />
THEORY THROUGH TO PRACTICE<br />
Drivers:<br />
Public<br />
Concern?<br />
Political<br />
imperatives?<br />
UK Presentation by<br />
Irene Cole &<br />
Sharon Sawers<br />
Crime<br />
Prevention<br />
Enforcement<br />
issues.<br />
More effective<br />
criminal justice<br />
processes, police<br />
powers etc<br />
Home Office crime reduction aims<br />
Crime<br />
Reduction<br />
• People ARE and FEEL more<br />
secure in their<br />
homes and daily lives<br />
PSA 1 Reduce crime by 15% and further in high crime<br />
areas by 2008<br />
PSA 2 Reassure the public, reduce fear of crime and<br />
build confidence in the Criminal Justice System<br />
Where to start?<br />
•<br />
•<br />
•<br />
Identify the Issues<br />
– political imperatives?<br />
– public concerns, based on real / imagined rising crime?<br />
– statistical evidence?<br />
Identify the Objectives<br />
– to reduce crime nationally / locally?<br />
– to deliver a measure / activity which will contribute to reduced<br />
crime?<br />
What resources are available?<br />
A practical example of identifying the issues<br />
1. Home Office strategic aims<br />
2. Policy unit targets<br />
3. Public concerns<br />
Crime reduction policy unit targets<br />
Reduce burglary by 25% (1998- 2005)<br />
Reduce car crime by 30% (1998 - 2004)<br />
Reduce street robbery by 14% (1999-2004)<br />
Roll for<br />
Comms<br />
Making people, places and property less vulnerable to<br />
opportunistic crime<br />
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