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E-Policing: Enhancing Police Service Delivery Using the Internet
The report 'e-policing' is the result of two years research by Superintendent Peter Woods of Northumbria Police. With a large anticipated increase in the use of the Internet over the next decade can the police service afford to ignore it's possibilities? The plain answer, in Peter's words, is NO.
Tackling Drugs in Rented Housing - A Good Practice Guide
Providers of social housing have an increasing role, alongside other partners, to combat anti-social behaviour. Housing managers can, and in many cases do, play a crucial role in combating problems associated with drug use through efforts to regenerate neighbourhoods.
Don't be afraid of the dark
The long winter nights can make us worry more about crime and personal safety. This is entirely natural. We all feel uneasy in the dark, but the truth is that crime has fallen over recent years.
Disrupting Crack Markets - A Practice Guide
The use of crack cocaine has become a major problem for those working in crime and disorder in Britain today. Crack markets have a propensity for violence and intimidation which can affect whole communities. The high levels of crime associated with the drug can also damage the reputation of areas and act as a barrier to regeneration.
Safe injecting rooms not prison for drug addicts, says Nacro report
A report from crime reduction charity Nacro, published today, advocates providing facilities where addicts can use drugs in safe and hygienic conditions, reducing the risk to themselves and tackling open drugs misuse on the streets and estates. It also states that treatment services should be better resourced.
Key Questions on Substance Misuse
This briefing by the Local Government Association (LGA) looks at the substance misuse (drugs) issue from four viewpoints. It composes (and answers) a number of questions on children and young people, communities, treatment and availability.
Passport to Evaluation
This new distance learning package has been written and designed by staff at the Home Office Crime Reduction College. It looks at the basic techniques used to evaluate crime reduction projects.
Alcohol-related crime and disorder data: guidance for local partnerships
Guidance to local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) on how best to gather and utilise data on alcohol-related crime and disorder has been published by the Home Office. The guidance highlights the need to identify hot-spots and to prioritise the policing of these areas.
Tackling alcohol-related crime, disorder and nuisance - Action Plan summary
This action plan sets out some key objectives and priorities for taking forward programmes of work to tackle alcohol related crime, disorder and nuisance. While almost 90% of the UK population enjoys alcohol, in the most part without causing difficulties for themselves or others, alcohol misuse is a major cause of both ill health and social distress.
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