A dangerous consensus is emerging on the desirability of a 'multi-agency' approach to community crime problems. In this article, the recent report of an inquiry into the Broadwater Farm Estate is criticised. Behind an apparently radical, oppositional stance lies a simplistic approach to 'community' , crime, and policing and 'the multi-agency approach.'
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