Safer Communities: Volume 3 Issue 2

Editorial

Alan Marlow

Separated by a common goal: some problems of interagency working

Colin Rogers

The future of policing and crime reduction in England and Wales seems firmly set in the partnership arena. Reports of many successes in this area are frequently circulated and…

Urban development and the consequences for burglary

Neill Waring

This article sets out a simple predictive model for calculating the incidence of burglary in dwelling houses. The consequences of planned housing development are also estimated…

Community safety and homophobic crime

Dean Blackbourn, Barry Loveday

This article considers the impact of the Crime And Disorder Act (1998) on the issue of ‘homophobic crime’ in England and Wales. It considers research and survey work conducted by…

An investigation into minority ethnic prisoners' knowledge and perceptions of the Probation and Prison Service in the east of England

Victoria Knight

This article presents the key findings of an investigation into minority ethnic prisoners' knowledge and perceptions of the Probation and Prison Services in the east of England…

Working towards a seamless service for victims and witnesses of crime in Leicester

Hannah Goodman

This article explores the background to the creation of the Victims and Witnesses Action Group in Leicester. It lays out the aims of this group and how researchers sought to help…

Integrating the National Intelligence Model with a ‘problem solving’ approach

Stuart Kirby, Ian McPherson

The National Intelligence Model, described as a ‘model for policing’, defines a process for setting priorities and a framework in which problem solving can be applied. Its…

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