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City of York Council/North Yorkshire Police Anti-Social Behaviour Hub - Stage Two Evaluation

Researchers: Sharon Grace and Lisa O'Malley 
Funder: Policing Innovation Fund
Duration: April 2015 to March 2016


Background

The City of York Council and North Yorkshire Police have created an Anti-social behaviour hub where police and council officers work together to tackle a number of anti-social behaviours in a more efficient way. Antisocial behaviour can have a big impact on people’s quality of life, and often requires work from more than one agency to resolve. By working together and coordinating resources, legal powers and expertise, the hope it that a single frontline team can proactively tackle anti-social behaviour and deliver an excellent service to the community.

This evaluation will reflect on the effectiveness of the Hub as a model for ‘what works’ in police-partnership working and will attempt to establish what the core required elements of an effective model are in order to inform policy and practice in other police services who might be considering such a Hub. It will also identify which other elements are locally specific and may therefore require amendment or alteration in another locality.

Aims

Specifically the evaluation will:

  • Review the academic literature on police-partnership working to assess ‘what works’ in such models and how closely the Hub eflects the good practice highlighted by this literature.
  • Reflect on the recommendations made in the IPCC’s report of their independent investigation into the contact between Fiona Pilkington and Leicestershire Constabulary to assess whether the Hub is effectively addressing the issues raised in this report.
  • Establish the core elements of best practice for the Hub and assess the key costs associated with those core elements.
  • Assess victim satisfaction with the service received from the Hub.
  • Analyse the processing of and outcomes in ASB cases managed by the Hub – including the application of the risk assessment tool in the correct allocation of cases to the Hub and the functioning of the new IT system E-CINS as a single multi-agency case management system.
  • Assess the on-going contribution of the Hub to the development of a holistic response to ASB from all relevant statutory and third sector agencies.
  • Examine the impact of the introduction of new CSAS powers to Neighbourhood Enforcement Officers (NEOs) and any impact of the new ASB legislation on the work of the Hub.

Please contact sharon.grace@york.ac.uk for more information

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