Selected Research and Publications Relevant to Audits

Audit Commission (1996) Misspent Youth: Young People and Crime, London: Audit Commission.

Audit Commission (1999) Safety in Numbers, London: Audit Commission.

Ballintyne, K. Pease, K. and McClaren, V. (2000) Secure Foundations: Key issues in Crime Prevention, Crime Reduction and Community Safety London : IPPR

Brantingham, P. and Faust, F.(1976) 'A conceptual model of Crime Prevention' in Crime and Delinquency : 284 -296

Bright, J. (1997) Turning the Tide, London: Demos.

Clarke, R.V. (1980) 'Situational Crime Prevention: Theory and Practice' British Journal of Criminology 20(2),136-45

Crawford, A (1998) Crime Prevention & Community Safety: Politics, Policies and Practices, Harlow: Longman.

Ekblom, P (1994) ‘Proximal Circumstances: a mechanism-based Classification of Crime Prevention’, in Crime Prevention Studies, Vol. 2: 185-232.

Ekblom, P. (1998b) The Conjunction of Criminal opportunity – a tool for clear, joined up thinking about community safety and crime reduction, London: Home Office.

Ekblom, P. and Tilley, (2000) N. 'Going equipped criminology, situational crime prevention and the resourceful offender' in British Journal of Criminology (2000) 40,376-398

Felson, M. (1986) 'Linking Criminal Choices, Routine Activities, Informal and Criminal Outcomes' in Cornish and Clarke (eds.) The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice perspectives on Offending New York: Springer Verlag

Gilling, D. (1996) ‘Crime Prevention’ in May, T. and Vass, A. (eds.) Working with Offenders: Issues, Contexts and Outcomes, London: Sage.

Gilling, D. (1997) Crime Prevention, Theory Policy and Politics, London: UCL Press.

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (2000) Calling Time on Crime, London: Home Office

Home Office British Crime Survey (2000) -see website link above

Home Office Briefing Note 3/00 Family Values: Grouping similar policing and crime reduction areas for comparative purposes (Leigh)

Home Office Briefing Note 8/00 A Review of Audits and Strategies produced by Crime and Disorder Partnerships in 1999 (Lewis)

Home Office Briefing Note 9/00 Alcohol-related crime and disorder in audit and strategy documents (Deehan & Saville)

Home Office Briefing Note 10/00 Crime and Disorder Partnerships: Voluntary and Community Sector Involvement (Hester)

Home Office Briefing Note 11/00 Anticipating the impact of Section 17 of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act (Bullock, Moss & Smith)

Home Office (1999) Analysis of costs and benefits: Guidance for evaluators, Crime Reduction Guidance Note 1. London: Home Office

Home Office (2000) Not rocket science: Problem-solving and crime reduction, Tim Read & Nick Tilley, CRRS 6, London: Home Office

Home Office (2000) Measuring inputs: Guidance for evaluators, Crime Reduction Guidance Note 3. London: Home Office

Home Office (2000) The economic and social costs of crime, HORS 217. London: Home Office

Hough, M. and Tilley, N. (1997) Getting Grease to the Squeak: Research lessons for crime prevention, Crime Detection and Prevention Series Paper 85. London: Home Office.

Hough, M. and Tilley, N. (1998) Auditing Crime and Disorder: Guidance for local partnerships, Crime Detection and Prevention Series Paper 91. London: Home Office.

Hughes, G. (1998) Understanding crime prevention: Social control, risk and late modernity, Buckingham: Open University Press.

Jacobs, J. (1961) The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Vintage

Jones, T & Newburn T. (2001) Widening access: Improving police relations with hard to reach groups. Home Office Police Research Series 138

Koch, B.C.M. (1999) The politics of crime prevention, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Marx, G. (1989) Commentary: Some Trends and issues in Citizen Involvement in the Law

Enforcement process, Crime and Delinquency 35(5), 500-19

McManus, J (2001) Good crime audits: Using SPSS to provide good crime analysis. London: Nacro & SPSS Joint production

Morgan, J. (1991) Safer Communities: The Local Delivery of Crime Prevention Through the Partnership Approach, London: Home Office

Newman, O.(1972) Defensible space: People and Design in the Violent City London: Architectural Press.

Office of Public Management Advice on Building Effective Community Safety Partnerships (HO Guidance 1998 Box 1.16)

Pawson, R. and Tilley, N. (1997) Realistic Evaluation, London: Sage.

Read, T. and Tilley, N. (2000) Not Rocket Science? Problem-solving and crime reduction, Crime Reduction Research Series Paper 6, London: Home Office.

Tilley, N. (1995) Thinking about Crime Prevention Performance Indicators Police Research Group Crime Detection and Prevention Series: Paper No.57 London: Home Office.

Scottish Executives Safer Communities in Scotland Guidance for Community Safety Partnerships

van Dijk, J. and Waard, J.(1991) 'A two dimensional Typology of Crime Prevention Projects; with Bibliography' in Criminal Justice Abstracts September 1991 483-503

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