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A sink estate is a British council housing estate, the origins of which lay in Wilson's Labour government 〔A Short History of the Labour Party by Alastair J. Reid and Henry Pelling〕 and is characterised by high levels of economic and social deprivation. Such estates are not always high crime areas although there is a strong correlation between crime rates and sink estates in large urban areas. ==Crime== In the worst estates crime happens openly while victims are afraid to do anything or have no confidence that the police will act effectively. Encouraging residents to report crime would help turn such estates round.〔(Council estate decline spawns new underclass )〕〔 Lack of coordination between police and housing departments can exacerbate problems. In one estate women escaping domestic violence were regularly housed in the same flat. Local criminals knew which flat and targeted the women to hook them onto harmful drugs and use the flat for criminal purposes. The police and the council did not communicate over this.〔''New Statesman'' (Why the government must pledge to eliminate sink estates in ten years )〕 Forcing criminal types together creates a culture of crime where individuals have to be tough to survive. Sink estates can be improved. *In one estate meetings were held three times weekly involving all the agencies that needed to share information. Coordination improved and the estate was transformed. *In another Lambeth estate a police sergent familiar with the area organised job fairs, put gang members in touch with employers willing to take on those with criminal records. Many were brought out of crime and into honest work. *In yet another estate arson stopped after local lads had played football with a local fire brigade team. 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sink estate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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