Safer Communities: Volume 3 Issue 1

Special edition Prevention and safety politics in Europe

Gordon Hughes

Beyond ‘community’ safety? The new governance of public safety in Europe

Gordon Hughes, Adam Edwards

This article sets the scene for the contributions in this special edition of Community Safety Journal. It examines the political contexts of community safety initiatives, compares…

A French model for social prevention? New developments and strategies

Jacques de Maillard

This article describes the development of community safety in France where policy and practice is moving from social prevention to a plurality of measures. There has been a de…

Community crime prevention and the ‘partnership approach’ in Belgium: escaping from determinism

Peter Goris

Belgium has experienced widespread change in its public sector. The author describes the structure of community safety provision that has resulted. This article describes research…

Local crime prevention councils and the partnership model in Greece

Christina Zarafonitou

This article describes the recently introduced model of participatory crime prevention in Greece. The initiative results from dissatisfaction with traditional penal policy…

The development of urban safety policies in Italy

Gian Nobili

This article describes the generation of community safety strategies in Italy. They have tended to develop more unevenly than in much of Europe and a plethora of approaches have…

The protective society? Seeking safety in an insecure world

Sandra Walklate

This article discusses the nature of the notion of ‘risk’ in late modern society and the community safety discourse that has resulted. The present agenda tends not to take account…