Scottish Government

Keith Hayton, Chris Boyd, Martin Campbell, Karen Crawford, Kathleen Latimer, Sharon Lindsay and Vincent Percy
GEN Consulting

Scottish Executive, Social Research
2007

ISBN 978 0 7559 6538 0 (Web only publication)

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE THE BACKGROUND TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY WARDEN SCHEMES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
CHAPTER TWO THE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER THREE THE INTENDED AIMS, OBJECTIVES AND COVERAGE OF THE WARDEN SCHEMES
CHAPTER FOUR A PROFILE OF THE COMMUNITY WARDENS
CHAPTER FIVE THE WARDENS' ROLE
CHAPTER SIX MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING
CHAPTER SEVEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER EIGHT SELF MONITORING
CHAPTER NINE THEORIES OF CHANGE - THE WARDENS' IMPACT ON CRIME STATISTICS
CHAPTER TEN THE IMPACTS OF THE WARDENS ON CRIME IN THE CASE STUDY AREAS
CHAPTER ELEVEN ASSESSING OVERALL CHANGE
CHAPTER TWELVE WHAT IMPACT HAVE COMMUNITY WARDENS HAD UPON RESIDENTS' PERCEPTIONS?
CHAPTER THIRTEEN THE WARDENS' AND SCHEME MANAGERS' VIEWS ON IMPACT
CHAPTER FOURTEEN THE COMMUNITY'S VIEWS ON IMPACT
CHAPTER FIFTEEN EMERGING ISSUES
CHAPTER SIXTEEN CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN GOOD PRACTICES
REFERENCES
APPENDIX ONE BASE AND ENDLINE INTERVIEWEES' PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS
APPENDIX TWO BASE AND ENDLINE SURVEY TABULATIONS
APPENDIX THREE CASE STUDY OVERVIEWS
APPENDIX FOUR SUMMARY OF CASE STUDY INDICATOR CHANGES

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