ABSTRACT
The chapter outlines how the rigour of science and particularly the kind of problem solving carried out by engineers can be applied to crime reduction. The 'what works' research programme involved, inter alia, summarising the information from all systematic reviews on crime prevention or crime reduction published before the start of the project. As with the day-time problems the night-time crime and disorder needs to be tackled following a thorough analysis of the problem but bearing in mind the strategic plans for the area and the kinds of behaviour that those plans necessarily will encourage. Alcohol is a crime facilitator in UK culture, and it should come as no surprise to any local authority that uncontrolled access to alcohol by young people will lead to disorder and other crime problems. The extent to which local agencies can successfully control access to crime facilitators is constrained or supported by that framework.
