Safer Communities: Volume 13 Issue 2

Thinking about the fall in crime

Alan Marlow

– The purpose of this paper is to review reasons why there has been a fall in the volume of recorded crime in the UK and other liberal economies.

Improving organisational performance – red team policing and partnerships

Geoff Coliandris, Colin Rogers

Intra and inter-organisational learning holds important consequences for official agencies’ capabilities to reduce harm, particularly in the field of safeguarding children. A…

Moving beyond the ASBO? A review of the proposed anti-social behaviour measures and their implications for children

Alexandra Wigzell

The purpose of this paper is to explore the anti-social behaviour (ASB) measures for under-18s contained in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill, examining how they…

Youth justice back at the crossroads

Sean Creaney, Roger Smith

– The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflection on the current trajectory of youth justice policy. The paper offers fresh insight into the changing face of youth justice.

Fire and rescue service community safety initiatives: measuring impact

Thomas Simpson, Dan Wheatley, Vivienne Brunsden, Rowena Hill

The purpose of this paper is to discuss methods of capturing the impact of fire and rescue service (FRS) community safety work which directly aims to reduce the occurrence of…

The English Riots of 2011: A Summer of Discontent

Professor Margaret Melrose

Editorial

Tim Bateman and Hannah Smithson