5.3 policy implications of socio-spatial theories

Question 1

what is neighbourhood regeneration

Answer 1

physicla and social interventions to tackle deeper causes of social problems in deprived urban areas

Question 2

3 examples of regeneration

PEP
SC
NRF

Answer 2

• priority estates project
• safer cities
• neighbourhood renewal fund

Question 3

what are examples of physical enhancement of neighbourhood regeneration and renweal

Answer 3

housing stock improvement and wider design features - street lighting, parks etc

Question 4

what are examples of social interventions of neighbourhood regeneration and renewal

Answer 4

• improved schooling
• training work opportuntiies for young people
• support for local civic institutions and community groups

Question 5

which theories is neighborhood regenration and renewal relevant to

Answer 5

• social disorgnaisation
• collective efficacy
• routine activities
• broken windows

Question 6

whos theory is situational crime prevention

Answer 6

clarke 1995

Question 7

what does situational crime prevention increase and reduce regarding the offence

Answer 7

increase perceived risk and difficulty of offence
reduce the potential reward

Question 8

what does siutational concentrate on rather than what

Answer 8

concentrate on immediate situational factors RATHER than offenders dispositions

Question 9

what does situational crime prevention improve and change

Answer 9

improvements in traditional security features AND more generic design features to
- change the COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS of potential offenders

Question 10

What are 3 criticsms of situational crime prevention

Answer 10

1. shallow
2. displacement
3. damaging side-effects

Question 11

how is situatioanl crime prevention shallow

Answer 11

• avoids addressing fundamental causes of crime
• situational human

Question 12

how does situational crime prevention displace crime

Answer 12

• temporal or spatial
• partial displacement and situational measure significantly contributed to reductions in specific crimes

Question 13

how does situational crime prevention have damaging side effects

Answer 13

• weakens social bonds
• fortress societies
• social polarisation

Question 14

what does hotspots policing/ predictive policing map?

Answer 14

crime mapping to direct policing resources

Question 15

what does hotspots policing identify?

Answer 15

identification of temporal and spatial hotspots where certain forms of crime cluster and deploy police to those areas

Question 16

what form of policing is hotspot policing

Answer 16

predictive policing

Question 17

why did reassurance policing emerge and what type of policing is it

Answer 17

neighbourhood policing emerged from research on SIGNAL crimes and disorders

Question 18

what is the definition of reassurance policing

Answer 18

• an evaluation of the local management of community safety

Question 19

where is neighbourhood policing located and what does it develop

Answer 19

in small local areas with a wider brief to develop MORE PROACTIVE COMMUNITY POLICING approaches

Question 20

What is a key part of neighbourhood policing

Answer 20

tackling anti social behaviour in local communities

Question 21

who does neighbourhood poliicng have local partnerships with

Answer 21

key agencies including:
- local authorities
- the police

Question 22

what did reassurance policing introduce what type of officer

Answer 22

POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICERS

Question 23

what type of schemes did reassurance policing have

Answer 23

local authority COMMUNITY WARDEN schemes