Where were you while we were getting high policing? The consequences of co-location for broader partnership working in tackling organised crime and terrorism

Abstract

Where were you while we were getting high policing? The consequences of co-location for broader partnership working in tackling organised crime and terrorism.

Social capital and co-location: A case study of policing anti-social behaviour

“…These positive outcomes are particularly relevant for the police whose engagement in multi-agency working has been criticised for failing to embrace organisational change (see, for example, McCarthy and O’Neill, 2014). However, this optimistic view of co-location as a route to improved professional practice is not uniformly shared, with issues of accountability (Crawford and L’Hoiry, 2017) and isolationism (Atkinson, 2019) potentially confounding the opportunities for co-location to generate partnership working.…”

“…Furthermore, studies of co-location involving the police also tend to be limited to perceptions of those working ‘inside’ (Brewer, 2013). An exception to this is Atkinson (2019) who identifies limitations of co-location for those ‘outside’ the initiative that impeded face-to-face communication between officers and other agencies.…”

Multiagency programs with police as a partner for reducing radicalisation to violence

“…Multiagency interventions can provide a framework for pooling and sharing resources to address a common problem (Crawford, 1999; Rosenbaum, 2002), such as radicalisation to violence. Yet they can be challenging to implement, and their effectiveness may be influenced by the quality and nature of the collaboration between agencies (see Berry et al, 2011 for review; Atkinson, 2019; Gittell, 2006; Kelman et al, 2013; McCarthy & O'Neill, 2014; Rosenbaum, 2002). Multiagency interventions may be conceptualised on a continuum, with activities ranging from minimal collaboration to a wholistic integration of agencies and organisations (Atkinson, 2019).…”

PROTOCOL: Multiagency programmes with police as a partner for reducing radicalisation to violence

“…Multiagency interventions can provide a framework for pooling and sharing resources to address a common problem (Crawford, 1999; Rosenbaum, 2002), such as radicalisation to violence. Yet they can be challenging to implement, and their effectiveness may be influenced by the quality and nature of the collaboration between agencies (see Berry, Briggs, Erol, & van Staden, 2011, for review; Atkinson, 2019; Gittell, 2006; Kelman, Hong, & Turbitt, 2013; McCarthy & O'Neill, 2014; Rosenbaum 2002). Multiagency interventions may be conceptualised on a continuum, with activities ranging from minimal collaboration to a wholistic integration of agencies and organisations (Atkinson, 2019).…”

“…Yet they can be challenging to implement, and their effectiveness may be influenced by the quality and nature of the collaboration between agencies (see Berry, Briggs, Erol, & van Staden, 2011, for review; Atkinson, 2019; Gittell, 2006; Kelman, Hong, & Turbitt, 2013; McCarthy & O'Neill, 2014; Rosenbaum 2002). Multiagency interventions may be conceptualised on a continuum, with activities ranging from minimal collaboration to a wholistic integration of agencies and organisations (Atkinson, 2019). As a result, the outcomes of multiagency interventions may vary depending on the where the intervention falls—or is perceived to fall—on this collaborative continuum (Atkinson, 2019).…”