Crime and Insecurity

Author:   Adam Crawford (University of Leeds, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415627597


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   17 July 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Concerns over insecurity and questions of safety have become central issues in social and political debates across Europe and the western world. Crucial changes have followed as a result, such as a redefinition of the role of the state in relation to policing - a central theme of this book - and an explosion in the growth of private policing. These developments have, in their turn, heightened feelings of insecurity and safety, particularly where populations have become increasingly mobile and societies more socially fragmented, culturally diverse and economically fragmented. Responses to insecurity now increasingly inform decisions made by governments, organisations and ordinary people in their social interactions. This book makes a key contribution to an understanding of these developments, approaching the subject from a range of perspectives, across several different disciplines. The three parts of the book look at broader theoretical and thematic issues, then at cross-national and pan-European developments and debates in European governance, and finally explore specific examples of local issues of community safety and the broader implications these have. Leading figures in the field draw upon criminological, legal, social, and political theory to shed new light on what has become one of the most intractable problems facing western societies.

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Author:   Adam Crawford (University of Leeds, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415627597


ISBN 10:   0415627591
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   17 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Governance and Security Part 1: Crime and Insecurity 1. The Governance and Crime and Insecurity in an Anxious Age: The Trans-European and the Local 2. Violence in the Age of Uncertainty Part 2: The Governance of Crime and Insecurity across Europe 3. Fighting Organised Crime: The European Union and Internal Security 4. Freedom, Security and Justice: Pillar III and Protecting the 'Internal Acquis' 5. Whose Insecurity? Organised Crime, its Victims and the European Union 6. Immigration, Crime and Unsafety 7. Insecurity and the Policing of Cyberspace by David Wall Part 3: The Local Governance of Crime and Insecurity 8. Towards a New Governance of Crime and Insecurity in France 9. Commercial Risk, Political Violence and Policing the City of London 10. The Introduction of CCTV into a Custody Suite: Some Reflections on Risk, Surveillance and Policing 11. Poetics of Safety: Lesbians, Gay Men and Home 12. Issues in Local Community Safety: It's all a Question of Trust?

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Adam Crawford is Professor of Criminal Justice at Leeds University, UK.

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