The analysis of the current British response to crime concludes that it has failed both in defining the problem through legislation and in the flawed operations of criminal justice agencies. The failure is explained by the fragmentation of the response system and the associated concepts of response functions lacking integration. The analysis uses the concepts of autonomy and interdependence as underlying ideas in the fragmentation theses. Collaboration is suggested as a concept through which these processes can be challenged within the framework of a comprehensive crime control strategy. The strategy of crime control is discussed under the functions of policy, planning, information, and operation. A strategy translates goals, priorities, and principles into plans, operations, and practices. In discussing the need for a new crime response strategy, the book addresses a strategy of crime reduction, decriminalization, depenalization, an increase in response integration, and national/local integration of strategies. Structures for local planning are also considered. 546-item bibliography, subject index.