Archive for crime
Bus crime in London: when down involves a lot of up
Something that regularly irritates me in the news and politics is when an average figure is reported and then someone adds, “… but in some areas it is even worse…” without ever mentioning that, averages being what averages are, that in other areas things are actually better than the average. However, on some occasions it’s [...]
Tackling anti-social behaviour by training the public
That’s the intriguing proposition in a pamphlet by Ben Rogers, published this week by the RSA. He starts with the case of first aid – point out how the widespread training of the public in first aid has helped supplement the core health services provided by the state – and then goes on to suggest [...]
Tackling crime: talking to and involving the public works
The Home Office has recently published a review of the research into how to improve public confidence in the police. One of their conclusions? The very community politics idea, expressed in very New Labour vocabulary, that
The strategies most likely to be effective in improving confidence are initiatives aimed at increasing community engagement. Three out of [...]
