EVALUATION OF SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION POLICIES England and Wales

Evaluation of safety and crime prevention policies in England and Wales Hope , TJ

Responding to anti-social behaviour: Analysis, interventions and the transfer of knowledge

This article examines contemporary responses to anti-social behaviour (ASB) in England and Wales. Drawing on empirical evidence, it examines how ASB problems are understood and prioritised by practitioners; the nature of the interventions developed and implemented to address problems; and the ways in which outcomes are evaluated. The article points to how systematic analysis of ASB problems is ...

Public health and the potential benefits of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.

Studies have consistently found that safety and security are major public concerns; however, crime is rarely considered as an outcome in public health. The recent shift by planning policy towards promoting compact, 'walkable' communities close to public transport aims to redress many of the problems associated with urban sprawl. However, communities that do not feel safe are less likely to be a...

The Commercial- isation of Women’s Fear of Crime1

discourse about public safety. In England and Wales, for example, concern about women’s safety has spurred the Home Office, the police, and local authorities to issue safety advice to women. The recognition of the impact of fear of crime (Grade 1989) and the spotlight upon crime prevention combine to place women as prime consumers of targeted advice about personal safety (and indeed, as custome...

Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity Design and Community Regeneration: older people in socio-economically deprived communities in South Wales

The design of the physical environment can contribute to a decline in the social environment. Careful redesign of the physical environment can therefore be used as a way to deter undesirable behaviour and reduce crime. Environmental improvements designed to create safer communities in deprived areas rarely consider how older people perceive and construct personal safety; this results in neglect...