Safer Communities: Volume 21 Issue 3

The dark and desolate campus: what can be done to enhance students’ perceptions of safety on-campus?

Nicola Roberts

Given their young age, students are at a heightened risk of violent victimisation. Yet few studies have considered students’ perceptions of safety and the impact of these, on a…

Trust in the police and policing by consent in turbulent times

Clare Torrible

This paper aims to explore the potential impact on policing by consent and trust in the police of diminished political and generalised trust.

Offender treatment program limitations with those who have complex needs: exploring the role for music therapy

Louise A. Sicard, Philip Birch

This study aims to investigate the perspectives and experiences of treatment facilitators regarding the effectiveness of treatment they delivered for high-risk offenders with…

Is faith and “on road” youth work intertwined? Examining the experiences of “on road” practitioners

Shona Robinson-Edwards, Craig Pinkney

Research pertaining to young people, frontline work and faith is fairly limited. This qualitative article proposes that often faith and “on road” youth work are intertwined. This…

Evaluating hate crime third party reporting services: perspectives from voluntary advisors

Henry Charles Fitch-Bartlett, Jane Healy

Third party reporting (TPR) services provide a route for victims of hate crime to report their experiences to an organisation other than the police. There is repeated evidence of…