Partnerships
In the business of preventing crime together
Nacro have produced a briefing note for local partnerships who wish to form multi-agency relationship with the private sector. The briefing outlines the benefits for the partnership, for the businesses concerned and for the wider community; how to sell the idea to a business; what help you might expect; and how to sustain interest over the medium-long term.
Public-private partnerships have increasingly become part of the delivery of Government business over the past 20 years and this is a trend that is likely to continue. CDRPs could benefit from investigating the possibilities of partnership with the private sector in crime reduction. The Criminal Justice System has already been affected by this trend with privately run prisons and private security firms. There is currently an opportunity for CDRPs to shape the kinds of relationships they have with the private sector, free from external constraints. This Nacro paper contains advice on how to set up a fruitful and long-standing relationship that benefits the partnership, the businesses involved, and their employees.
The report covers many of the aspects that partnerships seeking to form a association with the private sector will want to consider. It is concise (at 20 pages), well-written and illustrated with case studies throughout.
In brief the note outlines:
Non-financial contributions from business, (eg information dissemination or sources, as a skills resource, mentoring) as well as financial ones
The benefits of partnership for the businesses involved
How to pitch crime reduction to a potential partner
How to sell business involvement to other partners
Establishing longer-term strategic partnerships
Connections to regeneration
Sustained interest
The report concludes with a suggested structure for local public-private sector crime prevention.
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