... slavery crime. Originality/value When state involvement and investment in neighbourhoods decline, community member activism enthusiasm for neighbourhood improvement reduces, contrasting with government expectations. Community members are committed partnership workers who require the state to visibly...

...Samantha Burns Purpose This study aims to explore adult professional’s role using the conceptual framework of co-production. It proposes that when adult professionals recognise children’s expertise, they can form equal, interdependent partnerships as co-constructors of knowledge which are integral...

... both help and hamper gangs’ policy and practices. The paper is based on recent research and sets out strategic ideas for good community safety practice in order to develop multi-modal partnership interventions in gang-affected neighbourhoods. Recent policies are located within the broader political...

...Colin Rogers; James Gravelle As the government's strategy for the implementation of the ‘Big Society’ gains momentum within an increasingly difficult financial framework, this article discusses some of the major implications of this approach for partnership working in crime and disorder reduction...

...Colin Rogers; Geoff Coliandris Government plans for combating terrorism have been unveiled in their new strategic statement. Besides a focus on international and national activity, there are major implications for local partnerships that are expected to play a considerable part in the programme...

...Sarah Morton Every Child Matters: Change for Children was published by the Government in December 2004. To consider how the Every Child Matters agenda will affect community safety, two practitioners involved with the Leeds Safer Partnership were interviewed. This article discusses key messages. ©...

...Barry Loveday This article discusses the implications contained in the White Paper, Building Communities, Beating Crime (CM 6360:2004) for the accountability of crime and disorder reduction partnerships and police forces. More coherent mechanisms are proposed where basic command units...

...Peter French In this article, the author outlines the government proposals for effective responses to emergencies and major disasters. Partnership working is a major theme within this and therefore there will be implications for crime and disorder partnerships. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited...

...Peter Goris Belgium has experienced widespread change in its public sector. The author describes the structure of community safety provision that has resulted. This article describes research conducted in 4 Belgian cities. It argues for a conflict‐accepting model of partnership where the differing...

.... There is little public participation and some antagonism between key agencies that limits the functioning of partnerships. Nevertheless, there is some evidence of learning to act collectively. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 France Partnerships Community safety Local government community...

...William Price This article describes an effective use of information technology to tackle business crime. It is an example of partnership working between the police, wider security agencies and business. The availability of data on offenders has resulted in increased awareness by store managers...

...Daniel Gilling This article reviews the progress of local partnership to date, first by examining the contents of the recent Audit Commission review report on Community Safety Partnerships, and then by providing a critique of this report, based upon the author's own research and knowledge of local...

... community safety and crime reduction partnerships. This research suggests that at this stage during the continuing nation‐wide expansion of schemes, there is a pressing need for a re‐appraisal of practice based on the accumulating evidence. The benefits and opportunity‐cost of CCTV should be subjected...