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Community Safety
Peter . Ed(S): Squires
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Description for Community Safety
paperback. Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream policy by New Labour. This book provides the first sustained critical and theoretically informed analysis of the community safety agenda by leading authorities in the field. Editor(s): Squires, Peter. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVC; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream policy by New Labour in the late '90s. Twenty years on, it is important to ask how the community safety agenda has evolved and developed within local crime and disorder prevention strategies. This book provides the first sustained critical and theoretically informed analysis by leading authorities in the field. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the community safety legacy, posing challenging questions, such as how and why has community safety policy making become such a ... Read more
Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream policy by New Labour in the late '90s. Twenty years on, it is important to ask how the community safety agenda has evolved and developed within local crime and disorder prevention strategies. This book provides the first sustained critical and theoretically informed analysis by leading authorities in the field. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the community safety legacy, posing challenging questions, such as how and why has community safety policy making become such a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861347299
SKU
V9781861347299
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Peter . Ed(S): Squires
Peter Squires is Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton.
Reviews for Community Safety
"This is an extremely readable addition to the field of community safety because of its short, digestible chapters and applied use of theoretical concepts, which will make it appealing to students and practitioners alike. Layla Skinns, British Journal of Criminology." "Overall, very good." Irene Zempi, University of Leicester