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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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2 results foundAuthor: Braga, Anthony A. Title: Addressing Crime and Disorder in Seattle’s “Hot Spots”: What Works? Summary: At the request of Seattle City Councilmembers Tim Burgess and Tom Rasmussen, our office initiated audits to examine how well the City is currently addressing two types of physical disorder: graffiti and litter. Our work on graffiti and litter led us to a growing body of research evidence in the field of criminology that suggests that efforts focused on very small (e.g., one city block), discrete “hot spots” of crime and disorder can be effective in reducing crime and disorder in those areas. Further, this research shows that, rather than displacing the crime and disorder to adjacent areas, nearby areas often also benefit from the hot spot efforts. In this paper, we: 1. Summarize the latest criminology research regarding hot spots of crime and disorder in Seattle; 2. Describe efforts in other jurisdictions that have demonstrated, through outcome data and evaluation, evidence of success in reducing crime ; and 3. Recommend steps, based on research evidence, for how Seattle could bring about positive community change in its hot spots of crime and disorder. Details: Seattle: Office of City Auditor, 2011. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 8, 2011 at: http://www.seattle.gov/audit/docs/2011Mar29_HotSpotsWhatWorks.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.seattle.gov/audit/docs/2011Mar29_HotSpotsWhatWorks.pdf Shelf Number: 121276 Keywords: Graffiti (Seattle)Hot SpotsLitterNuisance Crimes and Disorder |
Author: Newton, Andrew Title: Evaluation of Licensing Act: Measuring Crime and Disorder in and around Licensed Premises Summary: The Licensing Act 2003 (hereafter referred to as the Act), which came into effect on 24th November 2005, represented a major change to the sale of alcohol in England and Wales, by potentially allowing licensed premises to sell alcohol for up to 24 hours, 7 days per week. The introduction of the Act brought with it a range of additional measures. These included an expansion of police powers to close areas or particular premises, specific offences relating to the sale of alcohol to children and a new mechanism for reviewing the granting of licenses that takes into account crime prevention, public safety public nuisance and child protection. The rationale behind the Act was that by removing fixed and artificially early closing times, the numbers of people exiting licensed premises would be dispersed over a longer time period. The expectation was that this would reduce binge drinking, violent behaviour, damage to property and disorder. At the same time, concerns were voiced that the Act would lead to greater alcohol consumption, increased levels of violence and more pressure on accident and emergency units. In October 2005, the Applied Criminology Centre (ACC) at the University of Huddersfield was commissioned to carry out an evaluation of the impact of the legislation on changes in crime and disorder. The study examined baseline conditions and subsequent change occurring in the town centres of five case study areas, namely, Blackpool, Birmingham, Croydon, Guildford and Nottingham. The overall aims of the research were to provide a baseline indicator of levels of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises, and to examine the impact of the Act on patterns of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises, in each of the five case study areas. A number of specific research questions were formulated to guide this research. These were as follows: • What patterns of crime and disorder exist in and around licensed premises? • What other local factors may explain the prevalence of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises? • Has the introduction of the Act, and the granting of additional opening hours to licensed premises, led to a change in violence and disorder at these licensed premises? • Have overall levels of crime and disorder within town and city centres changed following the Act? • Have the peaks of crime and disorder displaced to later or earlier periods? • Has the profile of crime and disorder in and around licensed premises and associated ‘hot spots’ changed in relation to venues with additional opening hours? • Has the Act resulted in unintended consequences such as geographical displacement or diffusion of benefits to surrounding areas? Details: Huddersfield, UK: University of Huddersfield, Applied Criminology Centre, 2008. 77p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 19, 2012 at: http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/display/52423 Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/display/52423 Shelf Number: 125031 Keywords: Alcohol Abuse (U.K.)Alcohol Related Crime, DisorderNuisance Crimes and Disorder |