Intro -- COMMUNITY SAFETY -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Section one: Community safety: an incomplete project? -- Young people, custodial experiences and community safety -- Community safety and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities -- Community safety, the family and domestic violence -- Ethnic minorities and community safety -- Section two: Community safety: a contested project? -- The local politics of community safety -- The police and community safety -- Community safety and the private security sector -- Outreach drug work and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships -- Section three: Community safety: a flawed project? -- Community safety and corporate crime -- Community safety and victims -- Young women, community safety and informal cultures -- Section four: Community safety: overrun by enforcement? -- Community safety and social exclusion -- Community safety and young people -- Conclusion -- Index.

Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream policy by New Labour. This book provides the first sustained critical and theoretically informed analysis of the community safety agenda by leading authorities in the field.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.