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ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 438

Integrated Crime Prevention Strategy

MR HUMPHRIES - Asked the Attorney General upon notice on 25 November 1992

In relation to an amount of $50,000 in the 1992-93 financial year listed for an Integrated Crime Prevention Strategy relating to the Governments Safer Community election policy (Budget Paper No. 2, Program 11, "Legal Services to Government", page 107)

(1) What are the elements of the Integrated Crime Prevention Strategy.

(2) Who will be responsible for its administration.

(3) How many staff will be required and how many are additional staff.

(4) As there are no forward cost projections for 1993-94,1994-95 or 1995-96, from which program will the project be funded once the strategy has been developed.

MR CONNOLLY - The answer to the members question is as follows:

(1) It is envisaged that the proposed Integrated Crime Prevention Strategy will foster the following elements:

Promote and implement a coordinated and cooperative approach between the Government and its agencies, the police and the community in minimising crime;

Encourage a community and not exclusively a police responsibility to fighting crime;

Identify and address underlying socio-economic causes leading to criminal activity;

Identify and eliminate, if appropriate, any duplication or overlap in existing crime prevention initiatives/programs; and

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