Transcript Youth Crime - Community Safety

Tackling Violent Crime: Turning
Multi-Agency Working into a
local reality
Martin Davis
Head of Engagement & Partnerships
Introduction – the issues
 Sustainable Communities
 Violence – some facts
 Youth Violence
 The Challenge of Risk Factors
 Strategic Partnerships
 Citizen focused and locally based initiatives
Sustainable Safer Communities
 “It is now accepted by most national
and local spheres of government that
urban safety needs to be built from
homes and street level up, and
incorporated into local and national
planning. It cannot be left to the
police alone. Urban governance
processes, and urban policies that
target exclusion, social inequalities,
as well as appropriate planning
measures, are the key to success.
Indeed community security requires a
holistic and coordinated approach.”

Anna Tibaijuka - Executive Director UN Habitat
September 2007
British Crime Survey 2006-07
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Trends in Violence
Significance of Youth Violence
 Violence against young people has
increased by 39%
 Police recorded crime statistics and
national surveys of the youth victims of
crime show offences of violence risen
dramatically over the period in numbers
and relation to other offence types.
 Young people who become involved in
crime before they are 14 tend to
become the most persistent offenders,
with longer criminal careers.
The Challenge of Risk Factors

Individual Factors - includes early onset of aggressive and
other problem behaviour; being male

Family - poor parental supervision; family conflict; parental
criminality; low family income

Peers - delinquent peer group; high proportion of
unsupervised time spent with peers

School - low attainment; low commitment/truancy;
aggressive behaviour and bullying; exclusions

Community Poverty - disadvantaged, neglected
neighbourhood; high turnover and lack of social ties; drug
availability
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Institutional responses – criminalisation of youth and youth
services
A Violent Crime Strategy
CDRP
Police
Prevention
Violent Crime Reduction
Strategy
Re-establish Violent Crime
Desks and Youth Crime
Teams
Enforcement
Partnership approach to
Violent Crime - viewed as
both a CDRP and LSP
Issue
Ensure BCTG focuses on
partnership deployment of
assets linked both to reported
crime and local intelligence.
Rehabilitation
Dialogue and shared
responsibility (YOT and
NOMS)
PYO’s and PPO’s effective
intervention programmes
Community
Development
Sponsor specialist
programmes Kidz company
/ Communities that Care
Link Neighbourhood Policing
to Neighbourhood
Management
Local Strategic Partnerships
CDRP
Local Area Agreement
Prioritising Violent Crime
Prevention and Reduction
Young People
Strategic
Assessment &
Partnership Plan
Voluntary
Sector
CPEGs and Safer
Neighbourhood Panels
Local Business
Communities
Building Safer Neighbourhoods
 Providing people who live or work in a
neighbourhood with:
 Access - to local services through a
named point of contact
 Influence - over policing priorities in
their neighbourhood
 Interventions - joint action with
partners & the public
 Providing sustainable solutions &
feedback on what is being done
Conclusion
 There is no single magic bullet to
prevent violent crime.
 Cannot rely on silo solutions
 Challenging risk factors and
ensuring effective enforcement go
hand in hand.
 Key Strategic Partnerships and
Joined Up Action
 Develop LAA’s which genuinely
reflect local needs and which
support local sustainable solutions.
Thanks for Listening
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