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Inter-Agency Cooperation and Community Based Crime Prevention

NCJ Number
154595
Journal
British Journal of Criminology Volume: 35 Issue: 1 Dated: (Winter 1995) Pages: 17-33
Author(s)
A Crawford; M Jones
Date Published
1995
Length
17 pages
Annotation
The role of interagency cooperation in the sphere of crime prevention has been promoted increasingly by central and local government policy initiatives in recent years. The authors of this article consider a number of theoretical issues raised by the examination of power relations in interorganizational contexts and the definitional processes through which local crime problems are identified and translated into policies and practices.
Abstract
In the past decade a growing body of opinion has developed in academic and government circles that the most effective delivery of crime prevention emphasizes the cooperation of state agencies together with the public at the local level, with emphasis on the importance of multiagency or partnership work. The authors of this article argue that there is a need to address and understand the complex social processes involved in interagency collaboration and their relation to the ongoing restructuring of the system of crime control and prevention. Footnotes, references