The'dream'of multi-agency crime prevention : pitfalls in policy and practice


Autoria(s): Walters, Reece
Contribuinte(s)

Homel, Ross

Data(s)

1996

Resumo

During the 1980s, terms such as interagency or multi-agency cooperation, collaboration, coordination, and interaction have became permanent features of both crime prevention rhetoric and government crime policy. The concept of having the government, local authorities, and the community working in partnership has characterized both left and right politics for over a decade. The U.S. National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals in the U.S.. Circulars 8/84 and 44/90 released by the U.K. Home Office, and the British Morgan Report-coupled with the launch of government strategies in France, the Netherlands, England and Wales, Australia, and, more recently, in Belgium, New Zealand, and Canada-have all emphasized the importance of agencies working together to prevent or reduce crime. This paper draws upon recent Australian research and critically analyzes multi-agency crime prevention. It suggests that agency conflicts and power struggles may be exacerbated by neo-liberal economic theory, by the politics of crime prevention management, and by policies that aim to combine situational and social prevention endeavors. Furthermore, it concludes that indigenous peoples are excluded by crime prevention strategies that fail to define and interpret crime and its prevention in culturally appropriate ways.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/49278/

Publicador

Criminal Justice Press

Relação

http://www.popcenter.org/library/crimeprevention/volume_05/04_Walters.pdf

Walters, Reece (1996) The'dream'of multi-agency crime prevention : pitfalls in policy and practice. In Homel, Ross (Ed.) The Politics and Practice of Situational Crime Prevention. Criminal Justice Press, Monsey, N.Y.

Fonte

Faculty of Law

Palavras-Chave #180000 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES #Crime prevention
Tipo

Book Chapter