... Exclusion Governance Anti-social behaviour Civility Criminalization Tolerance To appraise PSPOs this paper will engage with, and extend, Bannister and O’Sullivan’s (2013) discussion of civility, community cohesion and ASB policy. They considered the extent to which community cohesion and ASB...

...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...

... – In considering particular major events in the first nine months of the implementation of Police and Crime Commissioners, central government have been required to take a more prominent role in scrutiny in certain regions than first envisaged, due to ambiguity of legislative guidelines. Research limitations...

... operation of the office should be subject to thorough investigation by the Home Affairs Committee. Social implications The creation of the office of PCC was designed to empower communities and those who resided within them. However, this goal cannot be realised without effort on the part of government...

...Anna Souhami Purpose The Youth Justice Board (YJB) was established in 1998 as a central part of the Labour government's radical programme of youth justice reform. Yet while it has had a central role in directing the culture, organisation and activities of youth justice in England and Wales...

... expenditure and have tended to focus on traditional areas of policing and prisons. They also focus on questions of accountability and implementation ‐ the how as opposed to the what things are done. The implications for academics and practitioners are, whatever government takes office later this year...

...Nina Schuller Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act was intended to place issues of community safety at the centre of the delivery of local services. It implied a shift from a bureaucratic model to network governance. These objectives have not been achieved and the reasons include a lack...

... for the partnership; involving service users and communities in ways that are empowering and sustainable; developing good governance arrangements; and developing effective performance management arrangements. Throughout the article, the contrasting experiences of crime and disorder reduction partnerships (CDRPs...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Community safety Europe ‘what works’ Public safety Governance the European dimension Beyond community safety? The new governance of public safety in Europe ABSTRACT This article sets the scene for the contributions in this special edition...

... than by civil service networking. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Community safety Northern Ireland Strategy Neighbourhood Policing Patten Governance Northern Ireland A review of the draft community safety strategy for Northern Ireland ABSTRACT This article reviews the draft community safety...