Run by insurer Prudential and Crime Concern, the Washington Galleriesscheme is one of 12 operating in shopping centres across England andWales.
The Prudential 4 Youth programme brings together retailers, young peopleand shopping centre staff to think up ways of stopping and preventinganti-social behaviour, shoplifting and vandalism.
Other successes include a 41 per cent reduction in anti-social behaviourin Cwmbran town centre between 2005 and 2007.
New ideas developed by young people include an anti-shoplifting producttag that aims to deter potential shoplifters. It was designed by fourlocal teenagers in Wolverhampton.
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