Zero Tolerance | Crime Beat
Martyn Lewis visits Middlesbrough, where so-called zero tolerance policies have reduced crime by 25% in just 8 months. A council estate in Northumbria has cut crime to zero by introducing a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme.
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