Crime & communities
Tackling fear of crime & disorder in the community
Introduction
"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.
Aim
This guidance will enable you to:
Understand what drives fear of crime.
Identify who is involved in your local crime and disorder reduction partnerships and what services you can except from them.
Describe a simple problem solving process you can use to reduce fear of crime.
Describe some of the methods which can used to reduce fear of crime.
Identify what you can contribute to reducing fear of crime locally.
Last update: Wednesday, October 18, 2006