Introduction to Community Safety - An NCSN induction guide for practitioners

For those new to community safety, this guide provides an essential induction to this area of work. It covers the key information that all practitioners – whether working directly or indirectly on community safety - need to know. It can be used either as a quick reference guide or as a manual.

Guide to Community Safety Legislation and Policy - An NCSN induction guide for practitioners

This guide provides detailed information on community safety legislation and policies  - up to the beginning of 2007. With so many policy developments taking place over the past few years, it is crucial that practitioners have one single source of information that they can turn to. This guide can be used either as a quick overview of the legal and policy background to community safety work, or as a more detailed source of reference.

Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership and Public Service Reforms - An NCSN induction guide for practitioners

This essential guide describes the main elements of the CDRP reform programme and the wide-ranging public sector reforms that are changing the context within which community safety is delivered. This summary of the substantial changes taking place in public service delivery is critical for community safety practitioners and strategists alike - helping you to make sense of the wider social policies against which your work fits. It can be used either as a quick overview, or as a more detailed source of reference.

Please note; this document is only available to NCSN members. Click here if you would like to become a member of NCSN.

Any non-members that would like to purchase an interactive downloadable copy please contact: policy@community-safety.net

Or, click here if you would like to become a member of NCSN and receive your free copy now.

Guide to CDRP/CSP Working - An NCSN induction guide for practitioners

This guide focuses on partnership working and the delivery of community safety. It describes the main features of CDRPs / CSPs; highlights key elements of the current reform programme; summarises relevant policies and legislation; provides a brief overview of the key concepts in community safety, and gives links to sources for further information. The guide covers the whole raft of national strategies, action plans and policies that will affect community safety over the next few years – revealing the full breadth of national policy to be taken into account when planning and delivering community safety work. It is primarily designed to provide new CDRP / CSP Board Members with a helpful information resource – but established members of CDRPs / CSPs and other community safety practitioners will also find this guide a useful reference document.

Please note; this document is only available to NCSN members. 

Any non-members that would like to purchase an interactive downloadable copy please contact: policy@community-safety.net

Or, click here if you would like to become a member of NCSN and receive your free copy now.