Safer Communities: Volume 4 Issue 2

Editorial

Anita Kalunta‐Crumpton

Defining terrorism, racial profiling and the demonisation of Arabs and Muslims in the USA

Ihekwoaba Onwudiwe

This article examines definitions of terrorism, racial profiling and the demonisation of Arabs and Muslims in the United States (US). Additionally, it explores the impact of the…

British Muslims and community safety post‐ September 11th

Basia Spalek

This article examines the community safety issues facing British Muslims. The events of September 11th have had a particular impact upon Muslims' experiences of crime, criminal…

How safe is Britain's Black community?

Anita Kalunta‐Crumpton

In political and academic discourses and policy and practical interventions, the notion of community safety as it applies to the Black community in its own right is seemingly…

Repairing harm and transforming African‐American communities through restorative justice

O Elechi

The massive incarceration of African‐American men impacts negatively on African‐American families and undermines their communities' informal social control mechanisms, thereby…

Governing violence: gender, community and state interventions

Aisha Gill

The use of ‘community’ in the governance of minority ethnic groups in the UK is explored in relation to public responses to violence against women. It will be argued that…