Glossary
Here you can find explanations for the terms that are used regarding the Community Safety Partnership.
ABA:
Acceptable Behaviour Agreements: voluntary pacts, mainly between young people who are causing problems where they live, their parents or guardians and the local authority and the police.
ACPC:
Area Child Protection Committee: a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the joint investigation of child. abuse.
Actual bodily harm:
Where injuries are visible but not serious.
Arrest Referral Scheme:
Opportunity for individuals arrested to voluntarily access a drug worker who can provide information on drug misuse and treatment services.
ANPR:
Automatic Number Plate Recognition. Software linked to CCTV cameras that can recognise vehicle registration numbers.
ASB:
Anti-social behaviour: behaviour that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to people not in the same household as the individual causing concern.
ASBO:
Anti-social Behaviour Order: a civil rather than criminal legal remedy obtained against individuals sought through the magistrates court system. It imposes conditions preventing individuals from causing fear and alarm to others. Persistent behaviour after the order has been made can lead to a fine or imprisonment.
Assault:
Application of unlawful force on another, which may or may not result in injury.
Auto crime:
Reported incidents of theft of motor vehicles, from motor vehicles, criminal damage to motor vehicles, aggravated theft of motor vehicles, taking conveyance and vehicle interference.
Best Value:
Providing the public with the best services possible to deliver high quality services that local people want and need and to constantly improve these services.
BME:
Black and minority ethnic.
BTP:
British Transport Police, responsible for trains and the underground system.
CAD:
Communities Against Drugs: government funded initiatives to support Community Safety partnerships in England and Wales to disrupt drugs markets, tackle drug related crime and strengthen communities.
CCTV:
Closed circuit television: used to record and monitor street based incidents.
CDRP:
Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership. See Community Safety Partnership.
Common assault:
An incident involving lower level violence.
Community safety:
Used to describe a multi-agency approach to reducing crime, disorder and the fear associated with it.
Community Safety Partnership:
Strategic level multi-agency partnership, serviced by Camden’s community safety team.
Connexions:
Advisers offering a range of guidance and support to 13 to 19 year olds – particularly focusing on those experiencing social exclusion.
CPP:
Crime Prevention Panel: voluntary consultative body, with charity status, working with the police to arise awareness and promote crime prevention initiatives.
Crime Audit:
Review of local levels and pattern of crime and disorder – reported and repeated every three years.
Crime and Disorder Act 1998:
Became law in July 1998, giving power to police and council to find lasting solutions to local crime and disorder problems.
CRIS:
Crime Report Information System: database holding details of actual crime.
DAT:
Drug Action Team: multi-agency partnership implementing the government’s national drug strategy at a local level.
DETR:
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions Statements of National Planning Policy.
DIP:
Drug Intervention Programme. A programme that brings together a range of professionals in the criminal justice system who work with drug-using offenders and offer them rapid access to the treatment and support they need.
Drug trafficking:
Incidents of supplying controlled drugs and possession with intent to supply.
DVLA:
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
GIS:
Geographical Information System: a computer programme which enables crime and other data to be mapped and used to identify ‘hotspots’.
Grievous bodily harm:
Where the victim sustains serious injuries.
GOL:
Government Office for London: oversees the implementation of central government policy.
Judicial disposal:
Used to describe a suspect that has been arrested and charged leading to a caution or court appearance.
LGBT:
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Mediation service:
Independent service helping those involved in neighbourhood disputes reach an agreement.
NCP:
National Car Parks. The company provides parking enforcement and related services to Camden council.
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund:
Government fund used to support the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy.
Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy:
Government initiative aimed at reducing the gap between the most deprived areas and the rest of the country – includes improvement of mainstream services, such as education, employment, health, community safety, environment and housing.
Neighbourhood Watch:
Residents working together to reduce crime within an area.
Non-residential burglary:
Iincidents of burglary that occur in premises that are occupied by a business, hotel rooms which are not let on a permanent basis, detached garages and garden sheds etc.
NRF:
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund. Government fund used to support the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy.
Police Consultative Group:
A forum for local resident, voluntary organisations, community groups and senior police officers to meet and discuss local policing strategies.
Public Service Agreements:
Between government and local authorities setting standards of public services and targets to be achieved.
Referral Order Panels:
Made up of volunteers from the community and the YOT dealing with a young person’s sentence – reviewing and planning supervisory plans and programmes of work addressing the consequences of crime.
Repeat victimisation:
Individuals that have been victims of crime twice within one year of the initial reported incident.
Residential burglary:
Incidents of burglary occurring in residential property, in hotel rooms let to a customer and garages attached to houses etc.
Restorative justice:
Enhanced through the delivery of a warning as part of a restorative conference involving the offender, their parents/guardians (if a young offender), and the victim (where appropriate) to enable the offender face the consequences of their offence and give something back to the person/community, whilst enabling the victim to express their views.
SRB:
Single Regeneration Budget. This fund is now part of the Regional Development Agencies Single Programme from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Street crime:
Offences of robbery, assault with intent to rob (snatch) and thefts that take place in public places.
Vehicle Crime:
Reported incidents of theft of and theft from motor vehicles.
Victim Support:
A national charity offering help and advice to those that have suffered from theft, assault, sexual or racial violence etc.
Violence against the person:
Category for various Home Office classifications of assault.
YISP:
Youth Inclusion and Support Panel. A multi-agency panel that monitors the behaviour of young people who are causing concern. It advises on activities and interventions and issues Acceptable Behaviour Agreements and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders to young people as appropriate.
YOT:
Youth Offending Team: specialist team drawn from different agencies working within the criminal justice system – undertaking preventative work to stop young people being drawn into offending.
Youth Justice Plan:
Annual plan setting out how YOTs will achieve their targets, will be staffed, funded and operate etc.
