![]() The Duty requires the specified authorities to collaborate and plan to prevent and Reduce serious violence in their local areas and, ultimately, to improve communityġ2. Possible to comply with the requirements of the duty to work together to prevent and Leaders, as set out in this guidance, should use existing local structures where The Duty does not require the creation of new multi-agency structures. The Duty also requires the specified authorities to consult educational, prison and youthĬustody authorities for the area in the preparation of their strategy.ġ1. Violence, including identifying the kinds of serious violence that occur in the area, the causes of that violence (so far as it is possible to do so), and to prepare and implement a strategy for preventing and reducing serious violence in the area. It requires specified authorities to work together to prevent and reduce serious The Duty covers the requirements set out in. Whilst also providing sufficient flexibility so that the relevant organisations willĮngage and work together in the most effective local partnership for any given area. To ensure that agencies are focussed on their activity to reduce serious violence In addition to tough law enforcement we need to understand and address theįactors that cause someone to commit violent crime in the first place. Violence taking a multi-agency approach to understand the causes andĬonsequences of serious violence, focused on prevention and early intervention,ĩ. Is a key part of the Government’s programme of work to prevent and reduce serious It is within this context that we have introduced the Serious Violence Duty. Knives or sharp instruments increased by 84 percent between the year to JuneĨ. ![]() Have increased in England and Wales since 2014. Within communities and is extremely costly to society. Serious violence has a devastating impact on victims and their families, instils fear The Duty Why has the duty been introduced?ħ. Partnerships by making sure they have a strategy in place to tackle violent crime. The Government also announced that it would amend the Crime and Disorder Actġ998 to ensure that serious violence is an explicit priority for Community Safety On public bodies which will ensure relevant services work together to share dataĪnd knowledge and allow them to target their interventions to prevent seriousĦ. Would bring forward legislation introducing a new serious violence duty (“the duty”) Following public consultation in July 2019, the Government announced that it (as defined in ), local policing bodies, and any person Services), prison authorities, youth custody authorities and educational authorities Groups, Local Health Boards, local authorities, youth offending teams and probation (Chief Officers of police, fire and rescue authorities, Clinical Commissioning This guidance is for specified authorities defined in The guidance also outlines the changes made to section 6 of the Crime andĭisorder Act 1998, requiring Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) to formulateĪnd implement a strategy to prevent and reduce serious violence.Ĥ. ![]() This guidanceĪlso provides links to existing guidance and information rather than repeat orģ. Working with the voluntary and community sector and young people. The guidance sets out case studies demonstrating effective partnership working,Īdvice on data sharing, information on monitoring and inspection and advice on PCSC Act”)] and has been produced to support organisations and authoritiesĮxercising functions in relation to the Serious Violence Duty.Ģ. [Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2021 (“the This guidance is issued by the Secretary of State as statutory guidance under Permission from the copyright holders concerned.Īny enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us Summary About this guidanceġ. To view this licence, visit /doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except Preventing and reducing serious violence.ĭraft Guidance for responsible authorities.
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