5.3 policy implications of socio-spatial theories Flashcards
what is neighbourhood regeneration
physicla and social interventions to tackle deeper causes of social problems in deprived urban areas
3 examples of regeneration
PEP
SC
NRF
- priority estates project
- safer cities
- neighbourhood renewal fund
what are examples of physical enhancement of neighbourhood regeneration and renweal
housing stock improvement and wider design features - street lighting, parks etc
what are examples of social interventions of neighbourhood regeneration and renewal
- improved schooling
- training work opportuntiies for young people
- support for local civic institutions and community groups
which theories is neighborhood regenration and renewal relevant to
- social disorgnaisation
- collective efficacy
- routine activities
- broken windows
whos theory is situational crime prevention
clarke 1995
what does situational crime prevention increase and reduce regarding the offence
increase perceived risk and difficulty of offence
reduce the potential reward
what does siutational concentrate on rather than what
concentrate on immediate situational factors RATHER than offenders dispositions
what does situational crime prevention improve and change
improvements in traditional security features AND more generic design features to
- change the COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS of potential offenders
What are 3 criticsms of situational crime prevention
- shallow
- displacement
- damaging side-effects
how is situatioanl crime prevention shallow
- avoids addressing fundamental causes of crime
- situational human
how does situational crime prevention displace crime
- temporal or spatial
- partial displacement and situational measure significantly contributed to reductions in specific crimes
how does situational crime prevention have damaging side effects
- weakens social bonds
- fortress societies
- social polarisation
what does hotspots policing/ predictive policing map?
crime mapping to direct policing resources
what does hotspots policing identify?
identification of temporal and spatial hotspots where certain forms of crime cluster and deploy police to those areas
what form of policing is hotspot policing
predictive policing
why did reassurance policing emerge and what type of policing is it
neighbourhood policing emerged from research on SIGNAL crimes and disorders
what is the definition of reassurance policing
- an evaluation of the local management of community safety
where is neighbourhood policing located and what does it develop
in small local areas with a wider brief to develop MORE PROACTIVE COMMUNITY POLICING approaches
What is a key part of neighbourhood policing
tackling anti social behaviour in local communities
who does neighbourhood poliicng have local partnerships with
key agencies including:
- local authorities
- the police
what did reassurance policing introduce what type of officer
POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS
what type of schemes did reassurance policing have
local authority COMMUNITY WARDEN schemes
