The Local Governance Of Crime

Author : Adam Crawford
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198298455

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The Local Governance of Crime by Adam Crawford Pdf

The book considers recent trends in the local governance of crime. It examines the growing appeal to `community' and `partnerships' in criminal justice policy and the involvement of actual communities and partnerships in criminal justice practices. The book makes sense of ongoingtransformations in the relations between the state, market, and civil society in the governance of crime and personal safety. It draws upon the findings of two empirical research projects, conducted by the author, in the fields of community-based crime prevention and local victim-offender andcommunity mediation. The overall aim of the book is to answer, both theoretically and empirically, a number of interrelated questions, namely: How do we make sense of appeals to `community' and `partnerships' in criminal justice policy? What are the implications of actual involvement of`communities' and the establishment of inter-organizational `partnerships' in crime control initiatives? Is crime control an appropriate vehicle around which to (re)organize communities? Finally, if so, what sort of communities are we generating through such a focus?

Author : Margaret Shaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Crime prevention
ISBN : UOM:39015050786527

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The Role of Local Government in Community Safety by Margaret Shaw Pdf

Author : Adam Crawford
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781139495813

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International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance by Adam Crawford Pdf

Criminal justice has traditionally been associated with the nation state, its legitimacy and its authority. The growing internationalisation of crime control raises crucial and complex questions about the future shape of justice and urban governance as these are experienced at local, national and international realms. The emergence of new international justice institutions such as the International Criminal Court, the greater movement of people and goods across national borders and the transfer of criminal justice policies between different jurisdictions all present novel challenges to criminal justice systems as well as our understandings of criminal justice. This volume of essays explores the implications and impact of criminal justice developments in an increasingly globalised world. It offers cutting-edge conceptual contributions from leading international commentators organised around the themes of international criminal justice institutions and practices; comparative penal policies; and international and comparative urban governance and crime control.

Author : Gerry Stoker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349272952

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The New Management of British Local Governance by Gerry Stoker Pdf

This book presents a detailed analysis of the new management of public services at the local level, drawing on the work of the ESRC Local Governance Programme. The radical transformation of public service delivery is assessed in terms of its overall impact as well as its operation in particular service areas. Efficiency has improved and services have gained a user focus yet the new management appears to be full of contradictions and distortions, in many respects creating as many problems as it solves.

Author : Adam Crawford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135989156

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Crime and Insecurity by Adam Crawford Pdf

Concerns over insecurity have become central issues in political debates across Europe and the western world, and crucial changes have followed in the wake of these concerns. This book contributes to an understanding of these developments.

Author : Adam Crawford
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015040070537

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The Local Governance of Crime by Adam Crawford Pdf

The book examines the growing appeal to ‘community' and ‘partnerships' in criminal justice policy, and the involvement of actual communities and partnerships in criminal justice practices. It draws upon the findings of two empirical research projects, conducted by the author, in the fields of community-based crime prevention and local victim-offender and community mediation. The overall aim of the book is to answer, both theoretically and empirically, a number of interrelated questions, namely: How do we make sense of appeals to ‘community' and ‘partnerships' in criminal justice policy? What are the implications of actual involvement of `communities' and the establishment of inter-organizational ‘partnerships' in crime control initiatives? Is crime control an appropriate vehicle around which to (re)organize communities? Finally, if so, what sort of communities are we generating through such a focus?

Author : Tony Roshan Samara
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816670000

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Cape Town After Apartheid by Tony Roshan Samara Pdf

Reveals how liberal democracy and free-market economics reproduce the inequalities of apartheid in Cape Town, South Africa.

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen,Yutaka Tsujinaka,Hidehiro Yamamoto
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317754428

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Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan by Robert J. Pekkanen,Yutaka Tsujinaka,Hidehiro Yamamoto Pdf

Although local neighborhood associations are found in many countries, Japan’s are distinguished by their ubiquity, scope of activities, and very high participation rates, making them important for the study of society and politics. Most Japanese belong to one local neighborhood association or another, making them Japan’s most numerous civil society organization, and one that powerfully shapes governance outcomes in the country. And, they also often blur the state-society boundary, making them theoretically intriguing. Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan draws on a unique and novel body of empirical data derived from the first national survey of neighborhood associations carried out in 2007 and provides a multifaceted empirical portrait of Japan’s neighborhood associations. It examines how local associational structures affect the quality of local governance, and thus the quality of life for Japan’s citizens and residents, and illuminates the way in which these ambiguous associations can help us refine civil society theory and show how they contribute to governance. As well as outlining the key features of neighbourhood associations, the book goes on to examine in detail the way in which neighbourhood associations contribute to governance, in terms of social capital, networks with other community organizations, social service provision, cooperation with local governments and political participation. This book will be welcomed by students and scholars of Japanese politics, Japanese society, anthropology, urban studies as well as those interested in social capital and civil society.

Author : U.s. Department of Justice,Office of Justice Programs,Bureau of Justice Assistance
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 1479390380

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The Role of Local Government in Community Safety by U.s. Department of Justice,Office of Justice Programs,Bureau of Justice Assistance Pdf

In recent years, mayors and municipal leaders throughout the United States have confronted increasing problems of community safety. These problems have affected not only urban centers but also small towns and rural municipalities. Many other countries have experienced similar rapid increases in crime that have only begun to decline in the past few years. The response of many governments has been to toughen their legal and justice systems, increasing policing capacities and penalties. Despite these efforts, the social and economic consequences of crime have been enormous: Expenditures on law enforcement have increased tremendously. Criminal sentences have become tougher; The number of offenders prosecuted and incarcerated has risen dramatically; Private security personnel have outstripped official law enforcement; Communities increasingly have resorted to fortifying neighborhoods; Crime has reduced the tax base of cities by driving out residents and businesses. Traditionally, the public has viewed crime reduction as the responsibility of the police and the courts. However, in spite of increased expenditures, these institutions have been unable to contain the epidemic of crime. The result has been a loss of confidence in criminal justice systems and high levels of public concern about crime. Migration, rapid changes in populations, rising poverty levels, and income disparities continue to affect many countries. Crime prevention, rather than reaction or repression, has generally played a very minor role in addressing crime problems. To have an impact on current crime problems and avoid even greater problems in the future, a more balanced approach and perceptual shift by society are necessary. This monograph was prepared for mayors, city managers, planners, and elected officials. It brings together information from around the United States and around the world on ways that public officials have used their authority to foster safer, healthier communities. More specifically, it outlines the following: Why change is necessary; Why communities can no longer leave safety to only the criminal justice system; How knowledge about the factors that lead to crime and insecurity has increased; How knowledge about how citizens can intervene effectively has increased; The leadership, strategies, and tools needed to bring about change; Examples of city-led projects; Lessons learned from past practice.

Author : Ricardo Pereira,Annegret Engel,Samuli Miettinen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788977296

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The Governance of Criminal Justice in the European Union by Ricardo Pereira,Annegret Engel,Samuli Miettinen Pdf

This timely book provides an astute assessment of the institutional and constitutional boundaries, interactions and tensions between the different levels of governance in EU criminal justice. Probing the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the EU’s approach to transnational crime, it proposes improved mechanisms for public participation in the governance of EU criminal law, designed to ensure better transparency, accountability and democratic controls.

Author : Vanda Felbab-Brown,Harold Trinkunas,Shadi Hamid
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815731900

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Militants, Criminals, and Warlords by Vanda Felbab-Brown,Harold Trinkunas,Shadi Hamid Pdf

" Conventional political theory holds that the sovereign state is the legitimate source of order and provider of public services in any society, whether democratic or not. But Hezbollah and ISIS in the Middle East, pirate clans in Africa, criminal gangs in South America, and militias in Southeast Asia are examples of nonstate actors that control local territory and render public services that the nation-state cannot or will not provide. This fascinating book takes the reader around the world to areas where national governance has broken down—or never really existed. In these places, the vacuum has been filled by local gangs, militias, and warlords, some with ideological or political agendas and others focused primarily on economic gain. Many of these actors have substantial popularity and support among local populations and have developed their own enduring institutions, often undermining the legitimacy of the national state. The authors show that the rest of the world has more than a passing interest in these situations, in part because transborder crime and terrorism often emerge but also because failed states threaten international interests from trade to security. This book also poses, and offers answers for, the question: How should the international community respond to local orders dominated by armed nonstate actors? In many cases outsiders have taken the short-term route—accepting unsavory local actors out of expediency—but at the price of long-term instability or damage to human rights and other considerations. From Africa and the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, the local situations highlighted in this book are, and will remain, high on today's international agenda. The book makes a unique contribution to global understanding of how those situations developed and what can be done about them. This title is part of the Geopolitics in the 21st Century series. "

Author : David Churchill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192518729

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Crime Control and Everyday Life in the Victorian City by David Churchill Pdf

The history of modern crime control is usually presented as a narrative of how the state wrested control over the governance of crime from the civilian public. Most accounts trace the decline of a participatory, discretionary culture of crime control in the early modern era, and its replacement by a centralized, bureaucratic system of responding to offending. The formation of the 'new' professional police forces in the nineteenth century is central to this narrative: henceforth, it is claimed, the priorities of criminal justice were to be set by the state, as ordinary people lost what authority they had once exercised over dealing with offenders. This book challenges this established view, and presents a fundamental reinterpretation of changes to crime control in the age of the new police. It breaks new ground by providing a highly detailed, empirical analysis of everyday crime control in Victorian provincial cities - revealing the tremendous activity which ordinary people displayed in responding to crime - alongside a rich survey of police organization and policing in practice. With unique conceptual clarity, it seeks to reorient modern criminal justice history away from its established preoccupation with state systems of policing and punishment, and move towards a more nuanced analysis of the governance of crime. More widely, the book provides a unique and valuable vantage point from which to rethink the role of civil society and the state in modern governance, the nature of agency and authority in Victorian England, and the historical antecedents of pluralized modes of crime control which characterize contemporary society.

Author : Robert L. Bish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : British Columbia
ISBN : 0969504322

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Local Government in British Columbia by Robert L. Bish Pdf

Author : Daniel Gilling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135989996

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Crime Reduction and Community Safety by Daniel Gilling Pdf

This book analyses Labour's policies of local crime control from 1997 through to 2006. Picking up on the Conservative legacy, it follows the establishment of local crime and disorder reduction partnerships and tracks developments from Labour's attempts to subject them to a centrally-imposed performance management regime, through to the emergence of a strong neighbourhoods agenda, combined with the imposition of a largely enforcement-oriented attack on anti-social behaviour. It also explores Labour's attempts to address the causes of crime through a policy agenda that has crystallised around themes of social exclusion, social capital, community cohesion and civil renewal; and that operates through an architecture that aspires to be joined up centrally and locally, and neighbourhood-based. The main focus of the book is upon the unfolding of Labour's 'third way' political project from the centre downwards, but the limitations of this project are exposed through an exploration of a number of key themes. These include Labour's dependence upon the different translations of local practitioners, with whom it engages in a discursive politics of crime reduction versus community safety, and through whom the conceptual and practical weaknesses of evidence-based practice, performance management and joined-up government are revealed.

Author : Abel Polese,Alessandra Russo,Francesco Strazzari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030050399

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Governance Beyond the Law by Abel Polese,Alessandra Russo,Francesco Strazzari Pdf

This volume explores the continuous line from informal and unrecorded practices all the way up to illegal and criminal practices, performed and reproduced by both individuals and organisations. The authors classify them as alternative, subversive forms of governance performed by marginal (and often invisible) peripheral actors. The volume studies how the informal and the extra-legal unfold transnationally and, in particular, how and why they have been/are being progressively criminalized and integrated into the construction of global and local dangerhoods; how the above-mentioned phenomena are embedded into a post-liberal security order; and whether they shape new states of exception and generate moral panic whose ultimate function is regulatory, disciplinary and one of crafting practices of political ordering.