The context for this research is the problem of crime and harassment experienced by residents in areas with large concentrations of public housing, and the intervention programs that have been developed by State governments intended to combat this. At question is the extent to which community renewal, policing and other crime reduction strategies are effective. Two generic intervention approaches are evaluated: physical/spatial and social.

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................ i
Aims ....................................................................................................................... i
Methods..................................................................................................................... i
Findings.................................................................................................................... ii
Best Practice ........................................................................................................... vi
Policy Implications................................................................................................... vi
1  INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................1
1.1  Background .......................................................................................................1
1.2  Public Housing Renewal and Crime Prevention Policy Review ........................2
1.3  The Literature on Crime Prevention and Public Housing ..................................3
1.4  Aims and Scope of the Research......................................................................6
2  METHOD .................................................................................................................7
2.1  Methodological Overview ..................................................................................7
2.2  Methodological Issues and Constraints.............................................................8
2.3  Stakeholder Interviews ......................................................................................9
2.4  Crime and Victimisation Mapping......................................................................9
2.5  Neighbourhood Survey Process......................................................................12
2.6  Interpretation: Intervention Efficacy and Epidemiology of Crime.....................14
2.7  Generic Case Study ........................................................................................14
3  INTERVENTION AND CRIME ANALYSIS.............................................................21
3.1  Interventions....................................................................................................21
3.2  Crime Categorisation and Trend Analyses......................................................24
3.3  Hotspot Trend Analyses ..................................................................................32
3.4  Victimisation and Fear Analysis ......................................................................37
3.5  Perceptions of Residents ................................................................................40
3.6  Context Data Analysis .....................................................................................44
4  DISCUSSION.........................................................................................................46
4.1  Comparative and Theoretical Evaluation: Crime Reduction Strategies ..........46
4.2  Housing Strategies and Crime ........................................................................50
4.3  Policing Strategies and Crime .........................................................................54
4.4  Environmental Design and Crime....................................................................55
5  CONCLUSIONS.....................................................................................................64
5.1  Summary of Findings ......................................................................................64
5.2  Practice and Policy Implications......................................................................69
REFERENCES............................................................................................................71
Appendix 1:  Neighbourhood Survey Form .................................................................77
Appendix 2:  Victim Survey Summary Table ...............................................................82
Appendix 3:  Crime Codes and Icons ..........................................................................86 
 
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