A Neighborhood Approach to Crime Prevention in the United Kingdom

Nigel Whiskin

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1987, vol. 494, issue 1, 161-168

Abstract: Drawing on the expertise of the National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders (NACRO) in crime prevention, the author describes a typical NACRO project on a housing estate in the Midlands and highlights five key issues. First, resources are needed to establish neighborhood infrastructure to support leadership at the local level. Second, the approach needed is one of a consultation and planning partnership between a neighborhood and the agencies that deliver services in that neighborhood. Third, services are needed that are responsive to customers' needs and that put people first. Fourth, crime prevention must be on the agenda of people at all levels in the public, private, and voluntary sectors. Government funds in particular are needed to pump-prime new initiatives. Fifth, the skills of the millions of unemployed must be harnessed in order to reduce not only the amount of crime but also the fear of crime and the number of entrants into the criminal justice system.

Date: 1987
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