Transcript Persistent Offender Project (POP)

Working Together – Building Safer Communities
Persistent Offender Project
Joint Partnership between
Glasgow Addiction Service &
Strathclyde Police
Funded by Glasgow Community
Planning Partnership
Persistent Offender
Project (POP)
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Centenary House, Glasgow
1 x Police Sergeant 1 X Police Officer
1 x Senior Addiction Worker 3 x
Addiction Workers
1 x Admin Support
Aim of the Project
To Target: Adults(16+ Male/Female)
 Who persistently commit acquisitive
crimes and prostitution offences in
Glasgow to finance their drug / alcohol
or substance dependency;
 Who reside in ‘A’, ‘B’, and ‘G’ divisions
of Glasgow
Key Objectives
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Reduce drug/alcohol offending
Reduce anti-social behaviour
Reduce drug related deaths
Reduce the fear of crime
Promote community safety and well being
Promote training and employment
opportunities and encourage offenders to
become involved in work initiatives.
Drugs & the Criminal
Justice System
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Economic & Social cost of drug
motivated crime are considerable
Total cost of such crime estimated at
£19billion (strategy Unit, UK Govt)
Drug users commit 56% of total
number of crimes recorded in UK each
year
Drugs & the Criminal
Justice System
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Proportion is higher for certain crime
types
Shoplifting 85%
Domestic Housebreaking 80%
Commercial Housebreaking 71%
84% of the cost of drug motivated
crime is committed by users of heroin
or crack cocaine
Drugs & the Criminal
Justice System
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Out of this 84% - 10% account for
more than half of crime committed
It is within this target group the POP is
looking to identify and engage.
(Gossop et al) identified significant
reductions in the amount of crime
committed following effective
treatment
Identification of Target
Group
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Initially identified through police
systems
Referrals from partner agencies
Self referral
Cross referred with information on
Social Work CareFirst
Discussion between partner agencies
Treatment delivery
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Partnership working
Joint protocol (Community Addiction Teams/CJ Teams / SPS/
Drug Court)
Information sharing
Pro-active outreach
Monitoring of offending and substance misuse
Young People involved in treatment
Harm reduction
Link people in to “wraparound” services
Women involved in Prostitution – Base 75 and Routes Out
Intervention Team plus 218
POP Process
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Individual approached in various settings
Court, Prison home visits etc
Consent form signed
Assessment, identified needs and priority
link in to treatment
Access to wide range of services offered by
GAS
Pro-actively outreach to engage individual
within treatment
POP Process
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Information sharing with partner agency's
Tracking individuals criminal activity, and
providing appropriate support
Stabilisation of one individual can have a
significant effect on Local Communities and
Local Police Divisions.
Current Drug Trends relating to harm
reduction.
Outcomes / Benefits
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Reduction in crime and fear of crime
Reduction in drug deaths
Improved community safety and well being
Increased numbers sustained in treatment
services
Improved partnership working
Links to Training & Employment
Integration back in to local community
Progress to date
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100 Individuals engaged per annum.
Reduction in acquisitive crime (28%) leading to a
safer City
Service users engaged in treatment and care and
maintaining that position – many for the first time in
their lives
Reduction in homelessness
Reduction in women involved in prostitution
Future
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The development of a service user questionnaire
and possible peer support group.
joint working with the Structured Deferred
Sentence team and referral pathways identified
Work in progress by Scottish Government
Economist – Financial impact on Communities
Development of closer integration with CHCP
Clear identified links to employment and Training
Ever changing innovative practice to engage this
difficult to reach service user group.
Case Study
Service user A was highlighted by the Street Liaison
Team and Base 75, the concerns where as follows:
 deterioration in both her physical and mental
health
 Homelessness, rough sleeping
 Chaotic IV drug use
 Lack of contact/engagement with services
 Her involvement in Street prostitution
 staying with males that were sexually exploiting her
 Being bullied by other women by having her clothes
and money taken from her
Case Study
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POP quick to locate her in custody
Prioritised for treatment
Extensive outreach, assessment & Care
Planning
Family Support
Support with Housing
Successful exit from Prostitution
Linked to training, now attending College
POP
ANY QUESTIONS?
Centenary House
100 Morrison St
Glasgow
G5 8LN
Tel: 0141 276 7456
[email protected]
www.glasgow.gov.uk
www.strathclyde.police.uk