NCJ Number
240520
Journal
Crime Prevention and Community Safety Volume: 14 Issue: 4 Dated: November 2012 Pages: 278-292
Date Published
November 2012
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This article examines the nature of public concern about serious organized crime; citizen views regarding the police (and other agency) response to serious organized crime; and how information about serious organized crimes is communicated to members of the public.
Abstract
The 2011 cross-government Organized Crime Strategy (Home Office, 2011) emphasized the need for community safety practitioners to provide information to help citizens recognize when they may be vulnerable to serious organized crime so that they might take steps to prevent victimization and the need for the state response to serious organized crime to be supported by local communities. Drawing on focus group data, this article examines the nature of public concern about serious organized crime; citizen views regarding the police (and other agency) response to serious organized crime; and how information about serious organized crimes is communicated to members of the public. This article finishes by considering implications for community safety practice in light of the 2011 Organized Crime Strategy. (Published Abstract)