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Safer Communities (2018) 17 (2): 103–118.
Published: 05 January 2018
... Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Violence Narrative Crime Youth Social media Mediatization Gangs Expression Social media has become an integral part in the lives of young people within the UK, and those that are involved or subscribe...
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Safer Communities (2017) 16 (2): 64–76.
Published: 10 April 2017
...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...
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Safer Communities (2013) 12 (3): 101–110.
Published: 12 July 2013
...Sean Creaney Purpose The purpose of this paper is first, to explore the impact of risk‐focussed intervention on the lives of young offenders and young people defined to be “at risk” of crime. Second, the paper considers “alternative perspectives” and the prospect of a youth justice predicated upon...
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Safer Communities (2013) 12 (3): 111–121.
Published: 12 July 2013
... of the problems that have to be overcome, the role of youth offending teams and some of the initiatives that have been developed to address young people's needs. Design/methodology/approach It is a literature review based on research the author has undertaken over the last decade that incorporates...
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Safer Communities (2012) 11 (4): 179–190.
Published: 28 September 2012
... to inform debate and policy making. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on empirical data collected in 2008, in the form of life‐history interviews with male youths – including members and non‐members of gangs – from two poor and very violent neighbourhoods in Medellín, Colombia's second largest...
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Safer Communities (2012) 11 (1): 24–32.
Published: 13 January 2012
... is not new either. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Riots Legitimation crisis Black people Youth Expenditure cuts It is essential for those in power in Britain that the riots now sweeping the country can have no cause beyond feral wickedness. This is nothing but “criminality...
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Safer Communities (2009) 8 (3): 14–20.
Published: 22 July 2009
...Diederik Cops In the rhetoric and practice of community safety a paradox can be identified: despite the rhetoric of inclusivity and active citizenship, it appears that the views and interests of youth are largely ignored. Young people appear largely as a source of danger and fear of crime, leading...
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Community Safety Journal (2008) 7 (4): 17–24.
Published: 01 October 2008
... of public and private spaces, all of which are policed. This paper draws on data from interviews with various patrollers including a police officer, a private security guard and street wardens. All of these individuals expressed the view that the presence of youths was problematic. An important question...
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Community Safety Journal (2008) 7 (1): 26–32.
Published: 01 February 2008
...John Pitts In the past few years, academics, practitioners and policy‐makers have wrestled with the problem of defining youth gangs and differentiating them from other youth groupings. This is partly because different contributors to the debate have been interested in gangs for different reasons...
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Community Safety Journal (2007) 6 (3): 29–35.
Published: 01 July 2007
... people as victims of crime. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Youth Victimisation Street crime Mugging Social deprivation community safety research Young victims of street crime in an East London borough ABSTRACT In 2007, seven young people were murdered in London alone, four...
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Community Safety Journal (2005) 4 (4): 23–33.
Published: 01 October 2005
... on the effectiveness of anti‐social behaviour orders in the context of recent and emerging research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Anti‐social Behaviour Orders Youth Offending anti-social behaviour No boundaries the antisocial behaviour industry and young people ABSTRACT Anti-social...

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