KNOX, Colin <br/><br/>
Joined-up government :  a integrated response to communal violence in Northern Ireland? 

 -  The Policy Press,  2003 
<br/><br/> The growing recognition that social problems are multi-faceted and need to be tackled in a way that cuts across traditional departmental boundaries has heralded the advent of joined-up government. Yet this new emphasis does not appear to have permeated the provision of public service in Northern Ireland in their response to the increasingly pervasive social problem of communal violence perpetrated by paramilitaries against those suspected of commiting crime within their own communities. The article examines the response of governmental and non-governmental agencies to this issue and question whether victims of violence could benefit from an integrated approach.  A deep suspicion and mistrust of the statutory authorities and the undeserving character of victims currently militate against a joined-up approach