..., crime and policing have often been discussed as primarily urban phenomena (Jones, 2010). Since the 16th century, violence in England has been routinely regarded as synonymous with deprived parts of the country’s cities (Emsley, 2005). Criminology as a discipline has a tradition of researching...

...Usman Adekunle Ojedokun; Oluwatobi A. Bolujoko; Muazu I. Mijinyawa Purpose Police-public engagement on the X platform is gaining momentum in Nigeria as both parties leverage social media to communicate and exchange information. However, despite the growing rate of police-public engagement on X...

...James Tyler Young; Carla Reeves; Ashley Cartwright Purpose Paedophile hunting in the UK is an increasing form of vigilantism. Paedophile hunting groups currently do not work collaboratively with the police forces and there are claims that such groups are detrimental to the criminal justice process...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Neighbourhood Watch Community safety Community engagement Crime reduction Volunteers Volunteering Police Policing Melissa Pepper can be contacted at: m.j.pepper@greenwich.ac.uk Furthermore, Chris, a long-standing volunteer, felt...

... of sensitive data and direct financial losses were found to be the major impacts posed by cybercrime on retail sector. It was also established that the current internal measures and policing efforts to fight cybercrime in the retail sector were ineffective. Originality/value This study provides context...

...Ishmael Mugari; Caleb Muzinda Purpose This study aims to evaluate social media’s role in facilitating criminal activities in Zimbabwe and determine how social media platforms have been embraced by the Zimbabwean police to curb criminal activities. Design/methodology/approach A total of 72...

...Adam Westall Purpose This paper aims to contribute towards our knowledge and understanding of volunteer street patrols working within community safety and pluralised policing. Through the increased responsibilisation of communities and individuals, volunteers are taking to the streets to help...

...Nick Johns; Alison Green; Rachel Swann; Luke Sloan Purpose The purpose of this paper, which follows an earlier paper published in this journal, is to explore the shape and nature of plural policing through the lens of New Right ideology. It aims to reinforce the understanding that policy is driven...

...Camille Nakhid Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the impact of police encounters with young African New Zealanders (referred to in this paper as African youth) on the youth themselves, their family and their community. Design/methodology/approach While much of the existing...

... and the media perpetuating demonizing rhetoric which succeeded in conflating anti-social behaviour with the behaviour of young people. As part of the government’s response to such concerns, Part 4 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (ss. 30-36) introduced dispersal powers which authorized the police...

...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...

...Chris Fox; Jon Bannister; Poppy Miszczak Purpose – The criminal justice system (CJS) in England and Wales went through extensive reform under the Coalition Government of 2010-2015. In this paper, and through the lens of policing, prisons and probation, the authors set out to identify...

...Liz Austen Purpose – In 2013, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Durham, Ron Hogg, initiated a debate around the future of British drug policy. In June 2015, the Derbyshire PCC, Alan Charles, opened a similar debate with representatives from policing, third party support agencies...

...Suzanne Young Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence police officers’ decision making when dealing with young women considered violent. Design/methodology/approach – Semi-structured interviews were carried out with frontline police officers in Scotland...

...Peter Joyce; Liz Turner Purpose – This paper aims to explore the recent introduction of directly elected police and crime commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales, and to consider to what extent this new innovation should be considered as a positive contribution to the achievement of democratic...

...Peter Joyce; Sophie J. Chambers Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how the Police and Crime Commissioners have been scrutinised in their first nine months in office, focusing primarily on one particular force area. Design/methodology/approach – A brief analysis of the most...

...David Porteous © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Community Culture Policing Polish Article Type: 2012 Awards for Excellence From: Safer Communities, Volume 12, Issue 1 The following article was selected for this year's Outstanding Paper Award...

...Jo Linney; Chris O'Leary; John Flint Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare approaches to policing and addressing offending and anti‐social behaviour in public housing in New York City and UK cities and to discuss whether the different rationales and techniques deployed may be effective...

...John Houghton Purpose This paper aims to examine how the police service has reacted to the policy of privatisation from its introduction in the 1980s. It seeks to suggest that there has been considerable reluctance to implement the policy in any depth up to the present, but that new budget...

... paper provides an important contribution in understanding the views of Muslim communities in an area which has been the subject of a number of high profile counter‐terrorism operations (for example, Operation Gamble involved a number of police raids aimed at foiling a plot to behead a Muslim soldier...