Ian Walker National Delivery Team Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Group Home Office
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Ian WalkerNational Delivery Team
Neighbourhood Crime and Justice GroupHome Office
Neighbourhood Crime and Justice Group
Progress in Pioneer Areas
– Crime and anti-social behaviour remain major concerns
– They support the police but are not clear about the policing offer or where to go if they have concerns
– They are not told enough about what happens in a justice system that it is remote and impenetrable.
– That wrong-doers do not face adequate consequences for the crimes they commit and
– They think that the system isn’t on their side
fearaltered behaviour
Less effective response
lowconfidence
disengagement
perception
Why does this matter?
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Neighbourhood Crime & Justice Group
Priorities for action/improvement
Integrated public engagement on crime and justice – behind Neighbourhood Policing teams
Public ‘take-up’ of Policing Pledge
Visible justice and consequences (community payback and sentencing decisions)
Community ‘Crime-fighters’
Support for Victims and witnesses
National campaign and 60 local ‘Pioneer’ areas
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Pioneer areas across the country
60 Local Authority/CDRP areas approached
Located across 24 LCJB/Police force areas
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Raising awareness and understanding of what the public can expect from the police
Tackle the issues that matter to the public - a robust response to anti-social behaviour
Demonstrating to the public that there are consequences for those who break the law
Helping activists to work with local services
Further, faster in 60 Pioneer Areas
Programme goals
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Using a scale of 1 to 10 where 1 is not at all important and 10 is very important, How important do you think it is that the police provide each of the following?
People are clear what they want from the police
Casey (2008)
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If you were unhappy with the way your local area was being policed would you know who to go to, to complain?
33%
67%
Yes No
33%
67%
It is not always clear how to challenge those responsible
Casey (2008)
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Base: 1,896 GB adults, 18+. Sept 2008. Source: Ipsos MORI
Q Which of these statements comes closest to your own attitude towards how the Police and Local Council tackle anti-social behavior and crime in this area?
58%
16%
18%
Already involved (3%)
Want involvement (3%)
Want a say
Want information
Not interested
Some want involvement, many want a say, and most want to be informed
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There is some way to go to inform the public
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49
59
62
74
50
25
36
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Not informed Informed Net +/- percentage
points
+ 51
+ 27
+ 24
+ 24
-3
Local police
Your GP
Local council
Local schools
Local hospitals
Q How informed, if at all, do you feel about the service provided by ... in your local area?
Base: 925 respondents aged 16+ in England and Wales (half of sample)
Home Office (2009)
10
Base: All who say they feel informed (2,006)All who say they do not feel informed (2,295)
People who feel informed about service provided by local police
People who do not feel informed about service provided by local police
Confidence that police and council dealing with crime and ASB issues that matter to people in the local area
% Agree% Disagree Net
+55
+7
We know that being informed makes a difference to Confidence
13%
31%
68%
38%
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It makes a difference to be informed about the service…
Feel safer Less worried More confident action being taken More confident in police and council More likely to have heard of neighbourhood policing Know more about criminal justice More willing to engage
Those who say they feel informed about the service provided by the police in their local area tend to…
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We are seeing results from the Spring Pledge campaign…
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0 10 20 30 40 50
Apr
Feb
Public Awareness of Policing Pledge
Percentage of public who have heard of Policing Pledge
9 out of 10 people want consistent
approaches and standards from
police.Casey (2008)
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Evidence that awareness linked to confidence
Post-campaign those aware of the pledge more likely to have confidence (PSA measure) than those not aware
Pre and post-campaign those aware of the pledge more likely to feel informed compared with those not aware
Post-campaign those aware of the pledge more confidence the CJS is fair compared to those note aware
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To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement “ALL punishments for crime should involve some payback to the community either through unpaid work in the community or financial compensation”
40%
6%
1%3%
50%
Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don't know
There is strong public support for payback to the community for crime
90%
Casey (2008)
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72%
78%
79%
Local people shouldhave say in the work
Work should be carriedout in area where crime
committed
Local people should beinformed
If some people who commit crime or anti-social are given community sentences (e.g. cleaning up graffiti), to what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements
And people want to know more
Casey (2008)
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71 74
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Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Public awareness of Community Payback
Awareness of Payback has increased
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13%
13%
72%
57%
We know the more aware people are, the more favourable they tend to be
% Favourable% unfavourable
Base: All who say they feel informed (2,006)All who say they do not feel informed (2,295)
Heard of Community Payback
Not heard of community Payback
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Some key steps to building public confidence
Action to tackle the things that
matter
Public Confidence
Better Information for the Public
Visible Criminal Justice
A clear service to the Public
Better support for Victims