Community Service and Crime Prevention: The Cheadle Heath Project

• NCJ Number: 153206
• Author(s): M Barker; K Pease; B Webb
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 43 pages
• Sale Source: Great Britain Home Office, Policing and Reducing Crime Unit
• Publication Type: Program Description (Demonstrative)
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom
• Note: Police Research Group Crime Prevention Unit Series: Paper No. 39

Annotation

This report describes a project in Manchester, England, which addressed primary, secondary, and tertiary crime prevention for offenders. Known offenders worked in the community to protect public buildings from crime, built a sports field for young people at risk of delinquency, and completed a sentence designed to prevent their recidivism.

Abstract

The introductory chapter of this report discusses the history of community service in England and Wales, community service as crime prevention, and the effect of changing employment patterns on the use of community service. The next section describes the origins of the Cheadle Heath project, focusing on the project's substance and the timetable for project activity. The project was evaluated using survey data from participating offenders, an analysis of crime in and around the Cheadle Heath pavilion, changes in the court use of community service orders, and interviews with magistrates. The final chapter explores the limitations and possibilities of community service as a method of crime prevention. 3 tables, 8 figures, and 34 references