Research and reports

OFT Response to doorstep selling discussion paper December 2007 PDF 159KB on OFT website

DTI (now BERR) Response to consultation on doorstep selling and cold calling September 2006 PDF 93KB on BERR website

DTI (now BERR) Doorstep selling and cold calling - Statistical summary of responses to public consultation October 2005 PDF 206KB on BERR website

OFT Studies - Doorstep Selling May 2004 on OFT website

OFT Position Paper: Legislative options for tackling Bogus Callers March 2004 on OFT website

'Why Prosecute - Doorstep crime - joint investigations and enforcement' Kent TS PDF 172KB

Association of Chief Police Officers Good Practice Guide 'Distraction Burglary and Doorstep Crime' (Home Office Standards Unit) 2004 PDF 15KB

'Bogus Caller Crime - A Help the Aged Survey of Britain' Summer 2003 PDF 185KB

TSI Report 'Door to Door Cold Calling of Property Repairs, Maintenance and Improvements - Long Overdue for Statutory Control' April 2003 PDF 78KB

Home Office Development and Practice Report 'Older Victims of Burglary and Distraction Burglary - Recommendations for Practitioners' 2003 PDF 48KB on the Home Office website

Home Office Report 'Distraction Burglary Amongst Older Adults and Minority Ethnic Communities' 2003 PDF 384KB on the Home Office website

'Tackling Distraction Burglary' National Distraction Burglary Task Force Report February 2003 PDF 300KB

National Doorstep Selling Survey TSI November 2002 PDF 178KB

The Formulation of a Strategy to Prevent and Detect Distraction Burglary Offences against Older People by ex Detective Chief Superintendent Brian Steele, Leeds Distraction Burglary Initiative Team 2002 PDF 199KB

Home Office Reports

Cambridgeshire Distraction Burglary and Rogue Trader Taskforce - an evaluation January 2006 on Home Office website

Evaluation of the Leeds Distraction Burglary Project August 2004 on Home Office website

Home Office Distraction Burglary mini-site contains other reports

BERR Reports

BERR Doorstep Selling website home page