Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

Tackling fear of crime & disorder in the community

Tackling Fear of Crime and Disorder in the Community" is designed to encourage individuals and groups to get involved in reducing crime and disorder and fear of crime in their community. This guidance has been developed using a combination of information taken from the fear of crime toolkit and "Crime Reduction Basics – Tackling Crime and ASB in the Community". A wide range of people, from youth groups through to the older community can use the guidance. Rather than looking at reducing fear of crime problems in general, our aim is to look at the impact of crime and anti-social behaviour as drivers for fear in the community, and ways in which you can become involved in reducing crime and disorder and thereby reduce fear as a consequence.

Title: Tackling fear of crime & disorder in the community
Authors: Home Office Fear of Crime Team
Date published: January 2005
Number of pages: 44
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Contents

• Introduction

• Aim

• Crime and Disorder Statistics

Crime and Disorder Reduction

This section looks at: a definition of crime and disorder, who is already involved in reducing crime in this community, and situational and social approaches to crime and disorder reduction.

• What do we mean by Crime and Disorder Reduction?

• The "Situational" Approach

• The "Social" Approach

Problem Oriented Policing and Multi-Agency Crime and Disorder Reduction

The aim of this section is to introduce the concepts of problem oriented policing (POP) and partnership working. It also introduces a simple method of problem solving, SARA, and emphasises that any project, no matter how small, benefits from a structured approach.

• Problem Oriented Policing

Multi-Agency Working

One of the major success factors in POP is getting the active involvement of the community and other agencies. In the example of POP in action above, local residents and youth workers were part of the solution.

It is vitally important that crime reduction involves everyone, and not just the police. The next section looks at what other agencies can contribute to crime reduction and the legal framework that requires them to do so.

• Who is involved in Crime Reduction in your Area?

• What can you expect from them?

Fear of Crime

This section looks at: What is fear of crime and its impact on public perception; examples of how crime and anti-social behaviour can be tackled, including using Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and Acceptable Behaviour Contracts; what you can do to help reduce crime; why you should get involved in crime reduction in your community.

• What is the problem?

• Why is it a problem?

The Fear of Crime Matrix

In many instances, there is an obvious gap between the public perception of crime and the reality, but tackling the fear of crime can not be done in isolation. In order for any approach to be successful, it needs to take into account the many and varied social, environmental and personal factors that may be contributing to the fear of crime.

• Fitting into the Fear of Crime Matrix

• Three Theoretical Models

Anti-Social Behaviour

• Anti-Social Behaviour

• Anti-Social Behaviour Orders

• Acceptable Behaviour Contracts

Anti-Social Behaviour and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP)

CDRPs are responsible for reducing anti-social behaviour as well as crime. Each CDRP has been encouraged to appoint an anti-social behaviour co-ordinator. All partnerships are also required to draw up strategies for the reduction of anti-social behaviour in their areas.

• The Community's role in Anti-Social Behaviour

• Dealing with Abandoned Vehicles

• What can you do to become more involved in crime reduction?

• Useful contacts and websites
  
  

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