Deter, detect, disrupt. An analysis of Nottinghamshire Police’s knife crime team

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Andrews, T. 2024. Deter, detect, disrupt. An analysis of Nottinghamshire Police’s knife crime team. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241286359
AuthorsAndrews, T.
Abstract

Nottinghamshire Police established the only dedicated team in the UK outside London, proactively locating those at higher likelihood of involvement in Knife-enabled crime. The team uses a mix of tactics under the banner of ‘deter, detect, and disrupt’ through intelligence-led and problem-oriented policing approaches. This article examines those tactics and assesses the effectiveness thereof as a case study, using a mix of statistics and wider academic research to identify potential benefits. It concludes that the approaches have reaped positive rewards, alongside other, softer, prevention and partnership approaches. There remains however a need to better define the team’s aims and purpose.

KeywordsKnife crime; proactive policing; stop and search; Nottingham
Year2024
JournalPolice Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
Journal citationpp. 1-19
PublisherSAGE Journals
ISSN0032-258X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X241286359
Web address (URL)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/0032258X241286359
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Accepted13 Sep 2024
Deposited24 Sep 2024
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