How can new partnerships help reduce crime? Who should be involved in these partnerships and how can they be implemented successfully? Partnership approaches to crime prevention addresses all of these questions drawing on case studies, in particular from the United Kingdom, the United States and France. The first part of the publication explores the meaning of partnerships in the crime prevention context, and then looks at problems which such partnerships might encounter, including cost-related ones. The second part gives practical advice as to how partnerships can work successfully.Drafted by two crime prevention experts, Paul Ekblom of the UK Home Office and Anne Wyvekens of the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS), this publication will be of interest to all those working to reduce crime, including: local government, policy makers, NGOs, neighbourhood watch schemes, the police and community workers.
Foreword
Part I. Shared responsibilities, pooled resources - mapping partnerships
Introduction
What is a partnership model?
What is crime prevention?
Crime reduction
Why does crime prevention need partnership?
Dimensions of prevention
Problems and cost of partnership
Designing partnership arrangements
Development of partnerships
Conclusion
Appendices
1. The preventive process: the five I's
2. The conjunction of the criminal opportunity - a conceptual framework for crime prevention
References
Part II. Which partners? What kind of prevention?
Reflections based on European examples
Europe - drafting a recommendation
Which partners?
What kind of prevention?
France - a useful comparison
What time of partnership?
The American view - what about the inhabitants?
What kind of security?
Appendix
Recommendation Rec(2003)21 of the Committee of Ministers to member states concerning partnerships in crime prevention
