School Vandalism, School Bullying, School Rules

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School Vandalism, School Bullying, School
Rules? Safer Schools Partnership Strategies
With Mayfield School and Hampshire
Constabulary Reducing Crime and Disorder in the
Community Police Constable Marcus Cator and
Steve Hawkins
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WHY ! Mayfield School is the largest secondary
school for youths aged 11 to 16 years of age in
Portsmouth, historically suffering from a
reputation of persistent antisocial behaviour and
was considered a magnet for criminal activity.
Mayfield was a school which parents did not wish
to send their children too. It was in Special
Measures after the last inspection by Ofsted,
schools inspectorate. Crime in the district of
Copnor was identified through scanning and
customer surveys, as causing a significant fear
of crime in the community. Mayfield School was
identified as being at the heart of the problem.
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• Scanning
• Portsmouth City is the 3rd most densely
  populated City in Europe with up to 450,000
  people on the island at any one time.
• According to national statistics in 2001 the
  resident population of Copnor measured 13,303 of
  which 22.3 were below 16 years of age, compared
  to the national average of 20.2. In 2003 the
  population had risen to 16,490.
• The average number of crimes recorded at all 10
  secondary schools in Portsmouth over 2 years was
  40.
• Mayfield School had 96 crimes reported within
  the same time frame
• This project was designed to reduce crime and
  disorder within Mayfield and the community
• Partnership strategy identified and established
  to tackle the concerns identified

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The Area to Tackle
Copnor and North End
Portsmouth
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Residents Perception of the Problems

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Analysts Comparison of Crimes
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• Analysis
• Analyst support identified police costs of
  response and investigation into 96 crimes at
  Mayfield School over 2 years was approximately
  42,000 (79,000 U.S.)
• Incidents reported involved Nuisance or Youth
  concerns with large groups of 40 50 roaming
  the streets, drunk, abusive, aggressive, causing
  damage and crime.
• Community surveys established a fear of crime
  dependant upon the youth culture and their
  persistent misbehaviour
• A significant lack of communication and
  understanding between agencies identified a lack
  of intelligence exchange.
• National Intelligence Model and National Crime
  Recording Standards not being met.

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Details Of Analysis As a snapshot of time we saw
that from 01/01/2004 07/07/2004 there were 67
incidents reported to Police at Mayfield School,
48 incidents during school hours, 19 outside of
hours. These consisting of- Assaults x
3 Public Order incidents x 4 Burglary x 5 Missing
children x 3 Intrusion and damage to the site x
22 Alarm activations x 4 Thefts of mobile phones
and bicycles x 26
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The Underlying Causes

• Issue 1 - Assaults / Bullying within school

• Issue 2 - Crime and damage on site during and
  after hours causing
• general Anti Social Behaviour in the area.

• Issue 3 - Theft within Schools.

• Issue 4 - Exclusion and Truancy

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Response Improved Partnerships between
organisations Communication with the student
body Introduction of established crime reduction
strategies Positive media support marketing
success to the community
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• Issue 1 - Assaults / Bullying in Schools
• Advertising a No Bullying Campaign.
• Posters in corridors with names and contact
  details of key individuals.
• Information available on the School website.
• Adopting a Multi-agency approach to dealing
  with incidents.
• Students encouraged to report bullying.
• Counseling services for perpetrators.
• Appropriate rule setting, set up and
  maintained.
• Mentors utilised from existing school council
  and support put in
• place for victims.

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• Issue 2 - Crime and damage on site during and
  after hours
• General Anti Social Behaviour in the area.
• Application for a Designated area in order to
  Disperse problem groups, increased Police patrols
  and community engagement.
• Upgrading site security
• Improved CCTV
• Raising awareness of the problems and taking
  ownership
• Re-securing the site.

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• Issue 3 - Theft within Schools.
• Tackle Mobile phone thefts, currently 2 a week
  stolen
• Tackle theft of bicycles, currently 2 a month
  stolen
• Tackle theft of staff personal property
• Use recognised schemes
• Property Marking
• Personal Ownership
• Students taking responsibility in school
• Taking the responsibility home

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• Issue 4 - Exclusion and Truancy
• Partnership strategies within schools
• Counselling and advice service
• Regular patrols identifying key offenders
• Targeted approach through intelligence
• Parents taking ownership

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Assessment as of Sept 2005, 2 Years later. 39
reduction in Police attendance to the school 95
reduction in thefts of Mobile phones 100
reduction in Criminal Damage 36 reduction in
Police investigation costs 42 reduction in
student exclusions
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Statistics before and after implementation in 2003
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Benefits to date Acceptance and recognition by
the youth as a part of their culture Improved
relations with all members of the
partnership National Intelligence Model and
National Crime Recording Standards are fully
supported Community have identified less crime
Accountability to the community Local, County
and National recognition for the work In 2005
investigations had reduced by 36. An efficiency
saving of 4793.40 (9,015.49 US) for the Police
after a significant rise in reporting of crime in
2004.
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Lessons Learned Agreed protocol needs to be
identified at the early stages Do not promise
what you cannot deliver You must have the right
person for the job The youths can see right
through you Respect yourself and learn to respect
others Punishment is not a cure
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USEFUL REFERENCE SITES www.crimereduction.gov.uk/s
sh01.htm www.popcenter.org/Problems/problem-bullyi
ng.htm www.crimereduction.gov.uk/nim1.pdf
www.together.gov.uk/category.asp?c185
www.crimereduction.gov.uk/stolengoods3.htm
www.socialexclusionunit.gov.uk/downloaddoc.asp?id
65 www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/sie/documents/revis
ed2005guidance.pdf www.popcenter.org/Problems/pro
blem-vandalism.htm www.popcenter.org/problems.htm
www.popcenter.org/library.htm
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Thank you for your attention, we hope you feel
enthused and empowered Marcus Cator and Steve
Hawkins marcus.cator_at_hampshire.pnn.police.uk step
hen.hawkins_at_hampshire.pnn.police.uk