Public Services BTEC Unit 12- Crime
and its effects on society assignment 3
P5, M3,
D2
Public Services BTEC Unit 12- Crime
and its effects on
... [Show More] society assignment 3
P5, M3,
D2
What strategies Exist to reduce crime,disorder and anti-social
behaviour. (P5)
Analyse how the strategies used by local community public services
work to reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour. (M3)
Crimes occur everywhere, however they do differ from place to place in
there types and quantities. This is why there are many different
strategies we have in place throughout the country in order to try and
reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour. The public services
are able to develop strategies by:
• Comparing their statistics of crime across the country to find
patterns
• Recording crime to highlight specific crimes
Here are some strategies we have in place throughout the country to
try and reduce crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour:
Intelligence-led policing
The National Intelligence Model (NIM) is an intelligence led Business
Model, utilised by Police Forces in the UK to gather and manage
information in order to make the most effective decisions. The NIM was
devised by the National Criminal Intelligence Service and adopted by
the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland in 2000. Essentially, the
model professionalises the intelligence discipline by facilitating the
identification of Priorities and the allocation of resources.
The NIM is structured through a regular pattern of meetings and
emphasises three key factors:
• Priorities – The development and analysis of
information/intelligence enables a deeper understanding of crime
and non-crime issues and the identification of Priorities
• Resources – Effective decision-making is guided by the identified
Priorities. Finite resources and information gathering activities
are coordinated and Tasked to these areas, which pose the most
significant threat to the public, the community and the
Organisation.
• Results –The outcome of each Tasked activity is evaluated and fed
back into the system, which continually develops exiting
intelligence, increases the Force's ability to tackle identified
problem areas and facilitates the assessment of Force priorities.
The main outcomes of the NIM include:
• Increased community safety
• Reduced crime
• Controlled disorder
• Controlled criminality
Identification of crime trends
The national intelligence model has emerged over the years that it has
been running. Everyday as the public services carry out their jobs, they
also gather more intelligence information. Using every bit of data the
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services manage to gather of every different crime that have occurred
in the past, the data is able to be analysed in much detail. From this the
police are able to understand and recognise certain trends that are
taking place in specific areas, this then allows they to target the area
and reduce that type of crime.
Targeting of prolific and priority offenders
Offenders can be targeting by officers using intelligence results
gathered, this could be from surveillance, detection of repeating
criminals or people who are informers. Intelligence-led policing is an
ideal way of catching a criminal, or sometimes even preventing the
crime from happening if possible. Since the 9/11 attacks in the United
states, intelligence-led policing has become a significant practice for
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