Cycle Theft: A Green Initiative
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059304000106 |
| Published date | 01 March 1993 |
| Date | 01 March 1993 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
labelled and placed in special cycle
P R A C T I C E racks strategically located throughout
the City and its suburbs. The cycles am
security stamped to help prevent their
theft and they can therefore be iden-
tified even if repainted. They are nor-
maUy cycles with a low resale value,
not being ATBs or mountain bikes, and
are intended for the use of anyone
needing to move in and around the Ci-
N O T E S ty. At the end of the journey the cycles
are left in one of the designated racks
so that others can take advantage of
them.
Cycle Theft:
The
scheine has three major a~rn~:
A Green
1. To attempt to address the alarming
increase in the rate of cycle thefts by:
a) Increasing public awareness of the
Initiative
need to secure their property with ade-
quate locks;
b) Providing an alternative means of
Kevin Downing, joint
transport to the opportunist cycle
Lecturer in Social Work at
thief.
the University of Exeter
2. To provide worthwhile and mean-
and a probation officer in
ingful employment to offenders made
Devon, describes a
subject to community service orders by
probation-led crime
the Courts.
3. 1b
prevention project.
provide a limited but useful ser-
vice to the community which is both
Exeter’s
environmentally friendly and en-
Green Bike Scheme is a multi-
coumges members of the public to
agency initiative involving police,
social services and
recognise the positive contribution
probation staff bas-
ed with the Youth
community service orders make as an
Support Team, as a
alternative to expensive and often
response to increases in the number
destructive incarceration of offenders.
and value of pedal cycles stolen in the
city The scheme was further prompted
Assessment of Impact
by the Home Office Crime Prevention
Unit’s (Paper 20) appeal to community-
A comparison of the figures for cycle
based groups to work together to res-
theft in the Exeter area suggest that
pond to local juvenile crime patterns.
whilst thefts continue to increase, the
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