Critically assess New Labour's policy towards crime prevention and community safety since 1997.
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Have a little read: ... Critically assess New Labour's policy towards crime prevention and community safety since 1997. Since new labour came into power in 1997 they have made many promises about the problem of crime in Britain. In this essay I aim to discuss these promises and policies and assess three main areas; firstly whether they have worked, secondly whether labour have achieved what they set out to do and lastly if labour have had a good effect on British criminal justice policy. Before I can assess New Labours policies on crime I must first look at what was happening in the criminal justice system before 1997. In the 1950's and 60's There was a somewhat rational response to crime, concerns were expressed as much by business and the insurance industry as they were by government, this was the era of Pre - politicisation of crime. Practical responses to crime came from publicity campaigns;
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