This holds good for the development of a basis within the agencies involved as well as for activating the residents. After all, activating residents succeeds if it involves concrete, practical activities and if population groups are addressed directly. Crime prevention as an element of community control generally produces a reasonable amount of satisfaction. There is a lot of common ground. The support for crime prevention as part of community control is considerable.
Crime is an important issue in problem areas.
Within the administrative system enough support will only be brought about if politicians make it clear that they take it very seriously. The means provided by the ministry of Justice seem well-spent. There is no indication that it has been spent on non-preventive activities and it has even led to local councils investing more in community control and crime prevention. Conditions for success When planning a project it is important to give a lot of attention to the support among the project partners, as this is the basis of success. It is also important that agencies participating in the project are sufficiently authorized to determine the contents.