Safer and Stronger Communities

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Tuesday 7th December 2010, Grand Connaught Rooms - London, 09:15 - 16:15

Safer and Stronger Communities: Reducing Crime, Increasing Confidence

Overview

The public want services that tackle crime at its roots. But they also want a system that holds offenders to account for their actions, and ensures that they make amends to their victims and the community at large. Part of the challenge for the government is to engage communities as partners in crime prevention.

According to the quarterly British Crime Survey, published 15 July 2010, In 2009-10, crimes committed fell to 9.6 million - 9% below the previous year, indicating that the recession has not caused an increase in offences. However, if crime falls but people do not have the confidence that this is happening in their neighbourhood, their quality of life is affected and the benefits of reduced crime are not realised. Community engagement will be more important than ever to reassure people that crime is being tackled swiftly in their area. According tothe Home Secretary, Theresa May, 'What matters to people is the crime that happens in their local communities and what is being done about it. This is why we want the public to know what is really going on in their area and will publish monthly crime information about what is happening on their streets by January next year.'

The new coalition government believes that we need radical actions to reform our criminal justice system. In 'The Coalition: Our Programme for Government,' the government has pledged to give greater freedom to police forces so they are better able to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour. At the same time the government will introduce measures to make the police more accountable through oversight by a directly elected individual.

The government will introduce better technology to make policing more effective and will seek to spread information on which policing techniques and sentences are most effective at cutting crime across the Criminal Justice System. Hospitals will also share non-confidential information with the police so they know where gun and knife crime is happening and can target stop-and-search in gun and knife crime hot spots.

Furthermore, in the Comprehensive Spending Review the government confirmed that it reform the sentencing framework so that it both punishes the guilty and rehabilitates offenders more effectively.

Agenda

Inside Government is delighted to present its Fourth Annual Safer and Stronger Communities. Delegates at this timely and informative conference will have the opportunity to hear from the new government their community safety commitments, as well as have the opportunity to discuss and debate the main issues affecting communities and neighbourhoods.

09:15	Coffee and Registration
10:00	Chairs Welcome and Address Kai Rudat, Director, Office for Public Management (CONFIRMED)
10:05	Building Safer and Stronger Communities – a view from the Home Office What the Government is doing Police and Crime Commissioners Partnership working Stephen Rimmer, Director General of the Crime and Policing Group, Home Office (CONFIRMED)
10:25	Tackling Violence: Safeguarding Communities Preventing violence, supporting victims and managing risk The government's strategy on violence against women and girls Recent initiatives Justin Russell, Head of Violent & Youth Crime Prevention Unit, Home Office (CONFIRMED)
10:45	Creating Safer and Stronger Communities through Community Cohesion Community cohesion and safer communities Practical solutions to increasing cohesion in the community Minimising intolerance through community engagement Using communications to promote cohesion Towards better engagement and participation in the community Reducing community tensions in the long term Examples of best practice Professor Ted Cantle CBE, Executive Chair, Institute of Community Cohesion (iCOCO) (CONFIRMED)
11:05	Questions and Answers Session
11:20	Coffee and Networking
11:40	Information Transparency Implications of new community safety landscape Scrutiny and challenge Direct accountability to the public The challenge to community safety partnerships Jeanette York, National Policy Lead for Community Safety and Policing, Audit Commission (CONFIRMED)
12:00	Breaking the Cycle of Crime Through Early Intervention Tackling alcohol fuelled youth anti-social behaviour and crime The need for multi-agency action to reduce gang crime Development of tailored interventions for young people Tougher measures against knife crime Enforcement, prevention and engagement Rebalancing the justice system Lorna Hadley, Chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers & Youth Offending Team Manager, London Borough Newham (CONFIRMED)
12:20	Case Study: Preventing and Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour in Basingstoke and Deane Balancing short, medium and long term measures Problem resolution in a multi-agency environment and diversional activities Embedding partnership working firmly in service delivery Effective data sharing and intelligence Examples of evidence based situational and social techniques used to prevent and tackle anti social behaviour Situational prevention and enforcement Jacqueline Davies, Community Safety Manager, Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (CONFIRMED)
12:40	Questions and Answers Session
13:00	Lunch and Networking
14:00	Afternoon Keynote: 21st Century Policing: Next Stages of Reform Establishing clear governance and accountability Facilitating more effective collaborative working of police forces and police authorities Increasing the capacity and capability of forces to meet current and future demands Future of neighbourhood policing Empowering police to tackle anti-social behaviour Future of crime and disorder reduction partnerships Sir Denis O’Connor QPM, CBE, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, HMIC (CONFIRMED)
14:20	Building Public Confidence and Reducing the Fear of Crime The Putting People First programme: experiences and lessons learnt Serving local people better: Matching local policing priorities to high levels of public service Working closely with other partner agencies and communities to tackle local issues and provide long term sustainable solutions Information Systems Improvement Strategy: Modern technology supporting officers in protecting the public Dealing with new policing challenges ahead in the current financial climate Chief Constable Sean Price, Cleveland Constabulary and Chair, ISIS Business Design Authority (CONFIRMED)
14:40	Questions and Answers Session
14:55	Coffee and Networking
15:15	Using Technology to Tackle Acquisitive Crime Operation Breaker: trapping burglars with technology Securing homes programme: funding to buy high-tech equipment to help identify and catch burglars Delivering a consistent, high-quality service to victims of burglary Providing crime prevention advice to people living in areas which are more at risk Reducing the number of students who become victims of acquisitive crime Barry Halliday, Detective Superintendent, Thames Valley Police & Emma Yates, Crime Programme Manager, Thames Valley Police (CONFIRMED)
15:40	Closing Keynote: Making Communities Safer - Reducing Crime, Reducing Re-offending Reforming the delivery of offender services Rehabilitating offenders Working with voluntary and private sector providers to reduce offending Using payment by results to cut offending Providing ex-offenders with positive choices to make positive changes Focusing on at risk groups to help prevent future offending Julie Taylor, Director of Offender Management Policy, Ministry of Justice (CONFIRMED)
16:00	Questions and Answers Session
16:15	Chairs Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates will include, community safety managers, police authority members , police members, community cohesion co-ordinators, youth justice officers, youth workers, heads of criminal justice boards, restorative justice co-ordinators, community partnerships managers, neighbourhood coordinators, probation officers, heads of crime and reduction partnerships, restorative justice coordinators, race hate crime coordinators, CCTV managers, directors of secure treatment centres, resettlements officers, heads of reducing re-offending, parol officers, and will be drawn from central government, local government, police authorities, health authorities, local criminal justice boards, education, academia and the third sector.