Researchers: Sharon Grace and Lisa O'Malley
Funder: Policing Innovation Fund
Duration: April 2015 to March 2016
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.
Specifically the evaluation will:
Please contact sharon.grace@york.ac.uk for more information
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