Building a Safer Society
The Building a Safer Society strategy is a response to the local concerns regarding crime, anti-social behaviour and substance misuse. Many agencies, both in the public sector and voluntary sector, have been involved in the development of the Strategy.
Our three main priorities are:
1. To create a safer environment by reducing crime, public disorder and anti-social behaviour.
2. To provide people with opportunities to develop their potential as lifelong learners and active and responsible members of society.
3. To reduce the harm caused by the misuse of drugs, alcohol and solvents.
Over the past few years, significant progress has been made towards tackling the problems that can undermine the quality of life for everyone who lives, works and visits the Island. We are committed to working together to continue the downward pressure on crime, anti-social behaviour and substance misuse and to tackling the fear and anxiety, they provoke.
‘Building a Safer Society’ is a local strategy, drawing on local information, local experience and local opinion geared to producing local results. To this extent, we all own this strategy, we all subscribe to it and we are all committed to its implementation.
We believe this strategy to be a significant advance upon previous strategies. It balances innovation with proven techniques; it includes long, medium and short-term initiatives; and seeks to reduce crime and disorder and substance misuse through early intervention, rigorous enforcement and rehabilitation. It incorporates, where appropriate, best practice from around the world, but also recognises that there are many local practices which are more focused and would compare favourably with those in the UK and elsewhere.
Annual Report 2007
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Annual Report 2006
Appendix1
Appendix2
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Annual Report 2005
The Strategy document is available here.
Between October and November 2004 the Home Affairs Department conducted the Jersey Crime Victimisation Survey on behalf of the Community Safety Partnership. The main findings of the survey are presented in this publication.
