Review of Violent Crime

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Resources and Sustainable Communities Scrutiny Panel

Service Improvement Performance Monitoring of the Community Safety Improvement Plan - Review of Violent Crime

Review Of Violent Crime (Policies And Performance) - Appendix Two

Aim Of Scrutiny Review:

To review the impact of current measures to tackle domestic violence in Tameside and to consider future plans, in order to inform policy development and help ensure that targets are met.

Objectives:

To consider the development of Tameside's approach to tackling domestic violence in Tameside;
To evaluate the impact of current policies and procedures to;
1. Increase reporting and detection of domestic violence;
2. Support victims fleeing domestic violence;
3. Prevent domestic violence amongst young people;
4. Deal with perpetrators;
To consider measures for dealing with domestic violence in minority groups, including BME communities and victims with disability.
To assess the CDRP's progress towards meetings its targets, including the Best Value Performance Indicator for Domestic Violence.
To consider future plans for tackling domestic violence and supporting victims.
To assess measures for tackling domestic violence in relation to value for money.
To identify examples of best practice in Tameside and other Local Authorities; and make any recommendations for improvement.

Timescale:

The review will be completed in May 2006.

Equalities Issues:

Evidence shows that domestic violence occurs across the social spectrum regardless of age, gender, race, sexuality and wealth.

In addition national research suggests that domestic violence is particularly under-reported by certain sectors of society, including victims from BME communities, older victims, male victims, victims from same sex relationships and victims with disability.

Therefore consideration of the ways in which the CDRP's policies and procedures to tackle domestic violence impact upon these "harder to reach groups" will form an important part of this Scrutiny Review.

Action		Objective met	Timescale	Lead Scrutiny Panel member(s) and/or Scrutiny Support Officer(s)
1	Briefing paper outlining national legislation and guidance relating to domestic violence; and background information on the CDRP's approach to tackling domestic violence in Tameside.	1, 5 and 6	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel Meeting 1st December 2005	Gaynor Alexander
2	Meet with the Domestic Violence Co-ordinator to discuss the CDRP's approach to tackling domestic violence; and find out about key issues relating to tackling domestic violence in Tameside.	1 and 5	Scrutiny Panel Meeting 1st December 2005	Scrutiny Panel
3	Consultation with victims of domestic violence (see separate consultation plan)	2i, 2ii and 3	Consultation - January 2006 Top line results - by Scrutiny Panel Meeting 9th February 2006	Gaynor Alexander, Alison Davies, Scrutiny Panel Member
4	Briefing paper outlining national legislation relating to the role of the police in tackling domestic violence; and GMP policies and procedures for dealing with domestic violence in Tameside.	2i, 2ii and 3	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel Meeting 19th January 2006	Scrutiny Panel
5	Meet with Police representatives to discuss the impact of GMP policies and procedures for tackling domestic violence in Tameside, including: Current procedures for dealing with reported cases of domestic violence; Current measures to help increase reporting and detection of domestic violence; Current measures to tackle domestic violence in BME communities and other "hard to reach" groups; Future plans.	1, 2i, 2ii and 3	Scrutiny Panel Meeting 19th January 2006	Gaynor Alexander
6	Speak to representatives from the PCT and Acute Trust to find out about their policies and procedures for detecting and dealing with cases of domestic violence.	2i and 2ii	By Scrutiny Panel Meeting 9th February 2006	Gaynor Alexander
7	Briefing paper outlining national guidance and local services for supporting victims fleeing domestic violence, including victims from BME communities and other "hard to reach" groups.	2ii and 3	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel Meeting 9th February 2006	Gaynor Alexander
8	Meet with representatives from Victim Support, Tameside Women's Project, Housing Options and NCHT to discuss services for supporting victims of domestic violence, including; the accessibility and impact of current services, the accessibility and impact of services to meet the specific needs of victims from "hard to reach" groups, future plans.	2ii and 3	Scrutiny Panel Meeting 9th February 2005	Scrutiny Panel
9	Briefing paper outlining recent research about the involvement of young people as victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.	2iii	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel Meeting 2nd March 2006	Gaynor Alexander
10	Briefing paper outlining national guidance and local measures to help prevent domestic violence amongst young people, including examples of best practice from other Local Authorities.	2iii and 7	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel Meeting 2nd March 2006	Gaynor Alexander
11	Speak to representatives from local schools, Connexions and the Youth Service to find out about current practices and future plans to help deal with and prevent domestic violence amongst young people. (To be considered along side the issue of youth involvement in town centre violence - see separate project plan for the Scrutiny Review of Town Centre Violent Crime)	2i, 2ii and 2iii	By Scrutiny Panel Meeting 2nd March 2006	Gaynor Alexander
12	Meet representatives of Education Services to discuss the Council's current work and future plans to help prevent domestic violence amongst young people. (To be considered along side the issue of youth involvement in town centre violence - see separate project plan for the Scrutiny Review of Town Centre Violent Crime)	2iii	Scrutiny Panel Meeting 2nd March 2006	Scrutiny Panel
13	Briefing paper outlining national measures and local programmes to deal with perpetrators of domestic violence.	2iv	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel 30th March 2006	Gaynor Alexander
14	Meet with representatives of the Probation Service and Youth Offending Team to discuss measures for dealing with perpetrators of domestic violence, including the availability and impact of current measures and future plans.	2iv	Scrutiny Panel Meeting 30th March 2006	Scrutiny Panel
15	Briefing paper summarising revenue and capital budget and expenditure for violent crime.	6	Briefing paper for Scrutiny Panel Meeting 20th April 2006	Gaynor Alexander
15	Produce draft report and identify conclusions and recommendations	All	By Scrutiny Panel meeting May 2006	Gaynor Alexander and Alison Davies
16	Agree final report	All	Scrutiny Panel meeting May 2006	Scrutiny Panel

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