...Julie Skinner This paper is based upon the writer’s observations when one local area began to implement the requirements of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The interaction of statutory and voluntary groups is examined by using an existing analysis of the areas that, it is argued, have proved...

... manner. For example, a key objective for the Metropolitan Police in 1995‐96 is to “maintain and if possible increase the number of detections for violent crimes” (Metropolitan Police ‐ policing plan) ‐ an objective which might be seen as closely related to one of public reassurance. The three‐year plan...

...” as one of five megatrends in public administration alongside those of “less government”, “internationalization”, “privatization” and “automation”. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Crime Law courts Managerial power Public sector A recurrent theme in the public administrative literature...

... has long held the dominant position as the party of law and order, indeed it has been a significant vote‐winner for them, most notably in 1979. In 1993 however that position came under threat from the opposition as the Labour Party claimed to be the party of law and order in the face of rising crime...