Assessing the impact of a sustained drug law enforcement operation in London. London: Institute for Criminal Policy Research

Tim McSweeney

Institute for Criminal Policy Research

This summary presents key findings from an independent research study by the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London, which sought to provide one London Community Safety Partnership and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) with an independent assessment of the impact of a sustained drug law enforcement (DLE) operation targeting street and ‘middle-level’ dealers, in contributing towards reducing rates of general and serious acquisitive crime (SAC) in one London
borough (Area A), following its implementation in 2006. The focus on SAC here includes consideration of offences such as domestic burglary, robbery (both personal and commercial), and theft of and from motor vehicles.

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