Burglary
Getting The Grease To The Squeak: Research Lessons For Crime Prevention
This document is published for archival/historical purposes. It will not be updated.
Home Office Crime Detection and Prevention Series Paper 85 (1998) by Michael Hough & Nick Tilley
The report reviews what past research has said about the structures and practices in police forces that assist with effective crime prevention, and how best they should manage their relationships with other agencies. It emphasises that crime prevention should be an intricate part of police thinking and should become a strategic approach followed by the entire force.
A problem-solving approach must be adopted in order to produce an effective crime prevention strategy. This four-stage model encompasses:
Routine scanning and analysis of relevant data - the problems must be accurately identified
Strategy formulation - informed judgements should be based on scanning and analysis of the problem and the local area. Effective interventions should be tailored to the conditions of the target area
Implementation of attempted solutions - strategies must be implemented effectively to provide solutions
Monitoring and evaluation - this provides a check on whether the organisation has done what it has intended to do and to see if the appropriate impact has been achieved.
Getting a copy
“Getting the Grease to the Squeak: Research Lessons for Crime Prevention” (Home Office Crime Detection and Prevention Series Paper 85) is available by fax request only from the Home Office Policing & Reducing Crime Unit.
Last update: Wednesday, August 27, 2008