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The challenge is to make communities safer, and this book is
about the key issues which those working in and with communities
now face in trying to meet this challenge. It argues that a balanced
and proportionate response is needed to anti-social behaviour
and crime - one that offers strategies for prevention, intervention,
support and enforcement.
Fifteen thought-provoking chapters address the themes of ‘disorder
and regeneration’, the ‘policing of crime and disorder’,
‘service provider approaches to safe communities’
and ‘social inclusion and community safety’.
The authors explore the importance of working with residents
in community safety responses and examine how staff in housing,
social work, police and education can overcome barriers by working
in partnership. They recognise also that we need robust housing
management practices that respond to tenants’ support needs.
Housing professionals will find examples of effective strategies
for dealing with the wide range of anti-social behaviour and criminality
that can exist in communities today. They will also have access
to the policy debate about how we tackle crime and fear of crime,
and the relevance of and the questions that need to be asked about
the government’s ‘Respect’ agenda. The book
is also highly relevant to all those working with community groups
or in neighbourhood regeneration, in areas where crime, fear of
crime or anti-social behaviour are on the agenda.
Edited by Alan Dearling, Tim Newburn and Peter Somerville
Alan Dearling is a full-time writer and researcher
who has published over 30 books, including Making a difference
– practice and planning in working with young people in
community safety and crime prevention programmes for Russell
House Publishing.
Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and
Social Policy and Director of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology
at the London School of Economics. His other recent books are:
Plural Policing (Routledge, 2006) and Policy Transfer
and Criminal Justice (Open University Press, 2007).
Peter Somerville is professor of social policy
and head of the Policy Studies Research Centre at the University
of Lincoln. His most recent book was Housing and Social Policy
published by Routledge in 2005.
Price: £25, available from Publications Office,
Chartered Institute of Housing, Octavia House, Westwood Way, Coventry
CV4 8JP.
Order from their website: www.cih.org |