Offender management case study: From #1 shoplifter to #1 mum 

West Midlands Police’s ‘Next Generation’ Neighbourhood Policing plan − due for launch later this year − has been shaped with a focus on swift intervention and preventing harm.Intervention & Prevention is key to the force’s plans and aims to stop crimes happening in the first place, identifying and nipping issues in the bud, and not simply responding to crimes after they’ve occurred. Central to the approach is an Offender Management programme whi