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Implications of Section 17 of the Crime & Disorder Act

Title: Anticipating the impact of Section 17 of the 1998 Crime & Disorder Act
Authors: Karen Bullock, Kate Moss, Jonathan Smith
Series: Home Office Briefing Note 11/00
Publication date: November 2000
Number of pages: 6

Summary

The Home Office Policing & Reducing Crime Unit have produced a briefing note that considers the crime and disorder implications of Section 17 of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act. It is aimed primarily at local authority members, practitioners and managers. It will also be of interest to:

• Other groups covered by Section 17 - police authorities, National Park Authorities and the Broads Authority; and

• The police and others working in the field of crime and disorder.

It complements other practical guides on implementing Section 17, including the recent Crime Concern Guide Mainstreaming Community Safety which identifies how Section 17 fits in with the modernisation of local government and different practical ways of implementing it. It also complements the forthcoming joint LGA, NACRO and Home Office guidance that will draw together practical ways of implementing Section 17.

Based on a review of criminological literature, this briefing note identifies the types of local authority functions and services that can have an impact on levels of crime and disorder. It also examines relevant case law to identify the possible legal implications of Section 17 and makes recommendations about how to meet these obligations under Section 17.

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