The Role of Local Government in Community Safety

By Ashcroft, John, Attorney General

Book Id: WPLBN0000661132
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Role of Local Government in Community Safety
Author:	Ashcroft, John, Attorney General
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Language:	English
Subject:	Law., Law & economy, Litigation and arbitration
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Publisher:	Department of Justice


Citation APA MLA Chicago Ashcroft, B. J. (n.d.). The Role of Local Government in Community Safety. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

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Excerpt
Foreword: Increasing numbers of people no longer view the safety of their neighborhoods as the sole responsibility of the police. Throughout the world, citizens in areas plagued by crime and violence are uniting to work with local government. Together, they have the knowledge and resources to identify and remove the sources of crime, drug use, and juvenile delinquency in their communities. Developing and sustaining these partnerships requires strong local leadership from mayors, city managers, city planners, and other elected local officials. This monograph was prepared to help create that leadership by chronicling how local public officials have used community safety partnerships to build healthier communities. A framework for using community-local government partnerships to reduce crime now exists based on the experiences of public officials in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australasia. This framework includes the following.

Table of Contents
Contents Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix I. Community Safety in Cities, Suburbs, and Rural Areas . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Audience for This Monograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Challenges for Local Governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Increasing Knowledge About Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Good Governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 II. The Emergence of Community Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 How Local Authorities in Other Countries Are Tackling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Focus on the City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Developing and Transitional Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Recent European Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Australasia and Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Recent Developments in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 III. A Framework for Community Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A Strategy for Analyzing Problems and Mobilizing Resources . . 21 Safe and Healthy Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Horizontal and Vertical Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Political Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Adapting Strategies to Local Needs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Building Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Tools and Measurements of Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25