Joined Up Working
There is no one policy that is going to
achieve the national delivery target, because the fear of
crime is not something that can be tackled in isolation. In
order for any approach to be successful, it has to be holistic
and needs to take into account all the different factors which
can contribute to people’s fear.
As a result of the varying factors, we continue to work
closely with other government departments to ensure that when
new initiatives and policies are created, their impact on fear
of crime is considered, to try to ensure that it is not raised
by the new initiative or policy and to help them to deliver
their programme.
To find out more about what is happening with regards to
community safety and the fear of crime in the Government
Office regions visit
http://www.gos.gov.uk/national/.
Effective communication continues to be the essential element
for delivery of the target. The Fear of Crime team continue to
do this on the basis of the Communications Model (click
here to view as a pdf). This recognises the
channels of communcation and in conjunction with the
Fear of Crime Matrix, the
nature of messages to be transmitted.
At tier one we continue to link with Crime Reduction programme
delivery structures to ensure that issues around fear of crime
are considered when policies are developed and delivered. For
example, ensuring that publicity material does not unduly
raise the fear of crime when raising awareness of the action
that may be taken to reduce victimisation.
The tier two level sets outs the strategic approach for
interventions with the local practitioners who are responsible
for the delivery of policies, Crime Reduction Directors, Local
Strategic Partnerships and CDRPs. Partnerships however, have a
wide range of partnering organisations, enterprises, charities
and service providers whose work has an impact on fear of
crime. Relationships are developed with these groups, and
examples of best practice are gathered to disseminate across
the loevel and provide feedback to those at tier one.
At the third tier the strategy calls for communication of
effective messages which will reduce fear of crime direct to
the general public. An important part of this seeks to
encourage wider community involvement in delivering crime
reduction whilst promoting reassurance.
The process of communication, influencing, handling and
feeding back allows each level to have a mutual impact,
increasing the effectiveness of message delivery.
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