Safer Communities: Volume 1 Issue 2
Strapline:
A journal on crime, crime prevention and community safetyTable of contents
Squeezing the middle out of shape
Nick CliffordThis article explores the pressures on middle‐management in public service organisations and the critical position they occupy for effective service delivery in multi‐agency…
Community safety and detached and outreach youth work
John Pitts, Carole Pugh, Penelope TurnerNew Labour has launched ambitious anti‐exclusion and crime control strategies which target young people and require detached and outreach workers to ‘deliver the goods’. New…
Police performance, reform & community safety: How we came to where we are going
Steve HallamThe principles of the New Public Management have had a significant impact upon the police service in the last decade. The discipline of meeting centrally directed objectives has…
The camera never lies but, in truth, is it any use?
Henry ShaftoeThis article challenges the effectiveness of public surveillance by closed circuit television. Based upon evaluations conducted in the West of England, there is little evidence of…
Community safety and the mentally ill: How to improve community care
Mike StephensGovernment plans for the mentally ill include elements of compulsion such as indefinite detention for those with severe personality disorders. In contrast, in Madison, Wisconsin…
Sex, drugs and broken bowls: Dealing with problems of crime reduction in public conveniences
Colin Cockfield, Kate MossPublic conveniences are well known as being problematic in terms of crime‐generation. The design of these buildings in respect of both access and internal layout can encourage…
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1757-8043Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Timi Osidipe