Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

Based on a review of criminological literature, this briefing note identifies the types of local authority functions and services that can have an impact on levels of crime and disorder. It also examines relevant case law to identify the possible legal implications of Section 17 and makes recommendations about how to meet these obligations. It complements other practical guides on implementing Section 17, including the recent Crime Concern Guide Mainstreaming Community Safety which identifies how Section 17 fits in with the modernisation of local government and different practical ways of implementing it. It also complements the forthcoming joint LGA, NACRO and Home Office guidance that will draw together practical ways of implementing Section 17.

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The Home Office Policing & Reducing Crime Group published the report on 22 November 2000.