Building a Safer Society (BASS)

The Building a Safer Society Strategy forms part of the Home Affairs Department aim, to improve people’s quality of life by helping create a safe, just and equitable society.

The States of Jersey Strategic Plan has committed to promote a safe, just and equitable society within which communities feel protected against crime and disorder. The Building a Safer Society strategy aims to reduce the harm caused by crime, antisocial behaviour and substance misuse and the Community Safety Partnership plays a crucial role in ensuring that the strategy is implemented.

The States have also committed to engaging with communities and to this end the Safer St Helier initiative is being piloted. The initiative has adopted a participative approach which encourages a holistic appraisal of the issues and supports the genuine involvement of St Helier residents and other stakeholders in working together to find solutions. In keeping with this approach, the initiative is a multi-agency endeavour, currently being led by Home Affairs and the Parish of St Helier.

Building a Safer Society is a dynamic strategy. Performance is constantly monitored and an innovative approach to evaluation (Rapid Evaluation Methodology) has been developed, which has raised a great deal of interest amongst community safety professionals in the UK. There is no doubt that over the period of the strategy the focus will change, either as new issues become apparent or as successful interventions result in a problem becoming less of a priority. The programme of monitoring and evaluation will ensure that decisions are based upon sound, scientifically-based evidence.

The Strategy document and Annual Reports are available here

Ian Rogan

Planning, Performance and Partnership Manager

  

Contact details:    11 Royal Square St Helier Jersey JE2 4WA
Tel:	00 44 (0) 1534 447926
Fax:	00 44 (0) 1534 447933
E-mail:	i.rogan@gov.je