Building community resilience. Responding to criminal and anti-social behaviour networks across Dublin South Central: a research study.

Research aims: • To investigate and identify the nature and reach of the key criminal/ASB Networks within Dublin South Central. • To investigate and describe the impact of these Networks on people living in the areas most connected to and most affected by these Networks. • To investigate the relationship between key socio-economic indicators and the operation and impact of such Networks, including the factors that facilitate resilience in these communities. • To investigate and map out the initiatives, structures and resources that are in place to address the impact of these Networks and their causes and to assess their performance (this primarily focused on policing and community safety structures and processes) • To consider what is required to sustainably address the impact of these Networks and their causes, including the enhancement of existing initiatives and/or the development of new initiatives. Executive Summary : Section 1 - Introduction Section 2 - The nature and reach of the key Criminal/Anti-Social Behaviour networks Section 3 - The impact of these networks on people living in the area most connected to and most affected by these networks Section 4 - The relationship between key socio-economic indicators and the operation and impact of such networks, including the factors that facilitate resilience in these communities Section 5 - Focus group with community activists about network analysis and general research findings Section 6 - The initiatives, structures and resources that are in place to address the impact of these networks and their causes and to assess their performance Section 7 - Building community resilience - responding to criminal network