3) indicates that:
three-year period from 1999. Over £340 million
has already been allocated to around 1,470
â– 
more than four times as many males as
projects, including closed circuit television
females were found guilty of or cautioned for
surveillance systems in public areas such as
an offence. This ratio is much higher for
housing estates, shopping centres, railway stations
some categories of crime (such as burglary
and car parks. The initiatives have been aimed at
and sexual offences);
reducing crime and gathering evidence on what
works in tackling crime and its causes. A website
â– 
37 per cent of male offenders and 60 per cent
( www.crimereduction.gov.uk) has been developed of female offenders were found guilty of, or
with the aim of helping practitioners around the
cautioned for, theft-related offences, the most
country and abroad. A number of toolkits can be
commonly committed offence; and
found on the website.
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Table 14.3 Offenders in England and Wales found guilty of, or cautioned for, indictable1 offences, 2000
Rates per 10,000 population
All aged
10 and over
10–15
16–24
25–34
35 and over
(thousands)
Males
Theft and handling stolen goods
113
205
89
16
142.1
Drug offences
14
143
53
8
76.5
Violence against the person
29
68
28
7
47.1
Burglary
32
53
16
2
31.0
Criminal damage
13
17
6
1
12.0
Robbery
6
11
2
–
5.9
Sexual offences
3
4
2
2
5.2
Other indictable offences
11
96
52
11
66.4
All indictable offences
221
597
250
47
386.2
Females
Theft and handling stolen goods
65
72
30
6
53.5
Drug offences
2
15
8
1
9.3
Violence against the person
9
11
5
1
8.1
Burglary
3
3
1
–
1.8
Criminal damage
2
2
1
–
1.4
Robbery
1
1
–
–
0.6
Sexual offences
–
–
–
–
0.1
Other indictable offences
3
20
12
2
14.3
All indictable offences
85
123
57
11
88.9
1 Indictable offences are the more serious, non-summary offences (see page 189).
Source: Home Office
Within the Scottish Executive Justice Department,
â– 
the nomination of specialist street crime
the Crime Prevention Unit has responsibility for
courts in the relevant police force areas,
developing crime prevention, community safety
allowing street crime cases a speedier
and domestic abuse policy on behalf of Scottish
progress through the criminal justice system;
Executive ministers. All 32 local councils in
and providing separate facilities and support
Scotland have formed community safety
to victims and witnesses;
partnerships. The Scottish Executive has formed a
Scottish Forum on Community Safety.
â– 
the provision of video identification
equipment to enable more video
Street crime
identification parades to replace ‘live’ parades,
The Street Crime Initiative was launched in April
reducing potential delays; and
2002 with the aim of targeting recent increases in
street crime. Street crime, defined as robbery,
â– 
enabling lawyers and other professionals
snatch theft, carjacking and gun-related crime, is
within the criminal justice system to form a
concentrated in a relatively small number of
dedicated investigation and prosecution
mainly urban areas. The Initiative is running in
service.
ten police force areas, which in 2001/02 accounted
for 83 per cent of street crime. Several government
Elements of the initiative aimed at crime
departments are involved as well as the police,
prevention are:
courts and the Crown Prosecution Service (see
page 189). Among the measures included are:
â– 
funding from the Department for Education
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and Skills (DfES) for truancy sweeps, for
be effectively monitored. Drug treatment and testing
provision of full-time education for excluded
order pilots ran from October 1998 to March 2000
pupils, and for new or expanded learning
in three areas and were managed by the relevant
support units; and
local probation services (see page 198). After
evaluation of the pilot scheme, the orders were
â– 
the provision, within 24 hours of their arrest
introduced in England and Wales in October 2000
or release from custody, of drug treatment
and are being introduced on a phased basis in
services for street crime offenders with drug
Scotland, where the use of drug courts is also being
problems.
piloted. By April 2002 over 6,000 orders had been
made in England and Wales.
Drug misuse
The UK drugs strategy, introduced to co-ordinate
The Drugs Prevention Advisory Service (DPAS)
the fight against illegal drugs, focuses on Class A
promotes community-based drugs prevention at
drugs1 which cause the most harm. It has four
local, regional and national level. DPAS teams
main aims:
have been established in each of the nine