New Generation Policing Briefing
New Generation Policing is a three-year programme supporting police and crime commissioners and police services. It aims to help them develop and implement new interventions to stop young adults from being caught in the ‘revolving door’ of crime and crisis.
Over half of all reoffences committed by young adults are theft and summary non-motoring offences. These repeated, non-violent offences, driven by underlying, unaddressed need, drive demand for our police, courts and justice system.
The volume and churn of young adults who are sucked into the criminal justice system for relatively minor offences highlights the need for a radical new approach. Our partnership with local commissioners and police services aims to create more evidenced, deliberate interventions that divert young adults away from the criminal justice system. Evidence suggests this can best be done through the use of pre-arrest and at-the-point-of-arrest diversion schemes and deferred prosecutions.
The current failing approach has resulted in the highest ever proportion of people with a history of repeat offending. This results in a significant financial cost for the public purse and harms our communities. The new approach will need to address the three main drivers of the ‘revolving door’ – the profound and persistent experiences of trauma, poverty and racism.
