All day, Tuesday 22 March 2016 - Wednesday 23 March 2016

Place: The King's Fund, London.

The main conference theme is Modern Crime Prevention.

Crime is falling and it is also changing, and so must our approach to crime prevention. Although what one might call ‘traditional’ acquisitive crime and violence have fallen dramatically in the UK and across much of the western world, we face two significant challenges. Firstly, the internet and new technology offer criminals, particularly organised criminals, the scope to offend on an unprecedented scale and across jurisdictions. Secondly, there is an urgent need to do more to tackle the victimisation of vulnerable people through crimes that have often been under-reported in the past, such as domestic abuse, child abuse and slavery. In that context, developing a modern approach to preventing crime and reducing harm must be one of our highest priorities.

The conference will be based around the six key drivers of crime (opportunity, character, profit, drugs, alcohol and the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System) and related activities that can prevent crime happening in the first place.

Further information on the conference is available from Katie Aston.