Beating crime: What can we learn from the Government’s new plan?

9th August 2021Ian Wiggett - Policing Insight

Last month Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled the UK Government’s new ‘Beating Crime Plan’ – not in parliament or at a press launch, but in a Sunday newspaper column; Policing Insight’s Ian Wiggett examines the lack of consultation, paucity of new ideas and absence of additional funding in the plan, and considers whether tone and public perception have become much more important than evidence-based actions and initiatives.

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Beating crime: What can we learn from the Government’s new plan?

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