The main areas for research and analytical support in the North West are:
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Supporting Performance Management against Home Office Public Service Agreements (PSAs) 1 and 4 and Home Office business related Local Area Agreement LAA targets in the region For example, providing data and analysis to enable performance to be monitored and decisions to be made about where to offer additional support in the region.
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Providing further research into and analysis of regional crime patterns and possible local solutions.
This includes examining patterns of particular types of crime in the region and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. Recent examples of unpublished work include an analysis of vehicle crime in the region and evaluation support to a local Prolific and Other Priority Offenders (PPO) project.
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Promoting effective use of analysis and evidence in the North West.
For example, developing and organising the North West Crime and Drugs Research Forum - a network for researchers and analysts in the region to meet and share good or promising practice and assessing Home Office Tilley Award entries.
