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Brixton Hill
Captain James Hind
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community
Community Safety Effort
Community Safety Providers
Contemporary Society
Crack Cocaine
criminological theory
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Fouke Le Fitz Waryn
Gamaliel Ratsey
Good Life
Mobile Phone Theft
motivated
Motivated Offenders
Multiagency Partnership
offenders
Outlaw Cultures
political responses to street crime
Prevent Street Crime
prevention
racialisation of crime
robbers
robbery
Routine Activity Theory
safety
situational
Situational Crime Prevention
social control mechanisms
Social Crime Prevention
Street Crime
Street Robbers
Street Robbery
Suitable Victims
UK Adult
underclass discourse
urban deviance
victimisation analysis
Working Class Crime
young
Young Men
Youth Offending Teams
Product details
- ISBN 9781138155404
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Dec 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Street crime remains high on the public and political agenda, and is frequently the subject of media attention and concern. This book aims to provide a detailed and accessible account of the phenomenon, placing the subject in its theoretical, historical and political context. It addresses the question of how serious a problem street crime really is, and why it has become such a hot political issue. The book draws upon contemporary debates about the supposed presence of an emerging underclass, and in particular the 'criminalisation' and 'racialisation' of black communities with whom it has come to be particular associated in the public mind. The author then develops a framework of analysis which focuses upon the relationship of three key variables: the production of motivated offenders, the availability and suitability of victims, and a study of the limits inherent in current control strategies. Finally, the book concludes that a successful prevention strategy requires an agenda for revitalising the public sphere in inner city areas --rather than reliance policies of situational crime prevention, zero tolerance policing and increased punishment.
