http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1743811,00.html
"Guidelines to be issued by the deputy prime minister's office are principally intended to encourage women to 'reclaim' the streets from rowdy teenagers, which they believe will help curb antisocial behaviour. Through creating friendlier streets, community spirit will be reinvigorated, the department believes. Improved social interaction and relations, knowing your neighbours and those around you, came up [in interviews with the public] as one of the key things to make people feel safer and more secure, someone working on the project said. Women are instrumental in this process."
