...Eka Pariyanti; Edi Rusdiyanto Purpose This study aims to examine global research trends on the relationship between urban slums and crime by analyzing publication patterns, citation structures, key contributors and recurring thematic factors discussed in the literature. Design/methodology...

...Seun Bamidele Purpose Rural crime, particularly cattle rustling and related forms of rural banditry, has become a major socioeconomic and security challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. In Nigeria especially across Northern Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Kwara and Oyo States – these forms of violence have...

...Ishmael Mugari; Tongai Chakanyuka Purpose This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of intelligence-led policing in fighting crime, particularly robbery. The study also looks at the impediments to the implementation of intelligence-led policing in fighting robbery. Design/methodology...

...Hillary Shiverenje Songole Purpose CPTED’s premise to the improvement of quality of life (QOL) is crime prevention and safety, and yet there is little concern for the impact of CPTED implementation to QOL when the crime increases after the interventions. Design/methodology/approach This study...

... 2023 15 09 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Behaviour Crime Exclusion Education Further education Colleges Restorative justice Schools and colleges expect appropriate conduct from students; however, this can...

...Mary S. Mangai; Tyanai Masiya; Galaletsang Masemola Purpose This paper aims to explore police perspectives on community engagement strategies within the context of crime prevention in South Africa, focusing on Johannesburg metropolitan police stations. The study’s objective is to scrutinise...

... remain self-contained, they more commonly connect up to other loops in larger “spirals” of culture and crime. This ties into Surette’s (2015) concept of performance crime: Craig Pinkney can be contacted at: c.pinkney@ucb.ac.uk 19 01 2017 26 02 2017 21 04 2017 © Emerald...

... policies focusing on individual responsibility and a desire to be tough on crime have shifted the focus of youth justice onto the criminal act, and the youth as a rational decision maker, uninfluenced by family and wider society. This has absolved the corporate parent, wider community and care system...

...Kirsty Varley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer a practitioner’s perspective to the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014. Many of the new sections are now in force and three in particular have been of interest to me in the last 12-18 months. Design/methodology/approach...

...Irina Matijosaitiene Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to combine both Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and space syntax for the more detailed and overall analysis of built environment in terms of crime. The author is aiming to verify the designed research methodology...

...Massoomeh Hedayati; Aldrin Abdullah; Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the validity of community organisation as part of the systemic model. Based on the systemic model of community crime, it is perceived that community networks are negatively...

...Peter Joyce; Matthew Davies Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the key political factors behind the introduction of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and attempt to address some of the major tensions in the democratic governance of the police. Design/methodology/approach...

...Sam King Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the perceptions of work as a means of desisting from crime among a group of male probationers. Design/methodology/approach Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with male probationers to ascertain their views on desistance from crime...

... interest in determining crime at garage and yard sales. Social implications The study suggested offenders may be attracted into neighborhoods where, as strangers, they are not recognized as strangers therefore allowing them unrestricted access to communities. Originality/value Crime and associated...

...Andrew Newton This paper will reflect on the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 (LA03). It will focus primarily on how the LA03 has been introduced to, and has influenced, the night‐time economy (NTE). More specifically, it will examine the impact of the LA03 on alcohol‐related crime, disorder...

... after their ‘exclusion’ from school. I will suggest that this form of unofficial ‘exclusion’ has significant life implications for these young people, contributing not only to their social exclusion, but also to their increased exposure to crime and victimisation. Moreover, their life options...

..., to not only see if it is able to achieve beneficial outcomes but also to start testing its delivery mechanisms against evidence. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Crime Police Prisons Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Party Policy Accountability Governance Evidence POLICY...

...Gary Copitch; Chris Fox The ‘confidence agenda’ poses important new challenges for crime and disorder reduction partnerships in general and the police in particular. To date, the police have made only limited use of new forms of social media and where they have been used, the police have yet...

...Kevin Albertson; Chris Fox The measurement of the costs of crime is an increasingly important topic in established industrial economies. Such costs imply a substantial loss in both tangible and intangible productivity, opportunity cost, resource use and quality of life. Here, we summarise...

... This article evaluates the role that social housing tenure plays in crime reduction through the work of Churchwood's Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP). It provides evidence of offender and victim populations concentrated in social housing neighbourhoods (estates), and argues...