Crime, community and locale : the Northern Ireland communities crime survey / David O'Mahony... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Mahony, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Northern Ireland.

Crime.

Police--Northern Ireland.

Police.

Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland--Social conditions--1969-.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

196 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot : Ashgate, 2000.

Contents:

Background to Local Community Crime Surveys 4

The Notion of Community 5

Governmentality and the Crime Survey 7

Outline of Book Structure 9

2 Perceptions of the Communities 12

The Communities 12

Problems in the Communities 16

The Top Five Issues in the Communities 25

Satisfaction with the Communities 27

3 Crime and Victimisation in the Communities 34

Crime and Victimisation 35

Reporting Crime to the Police 43

Reasons For Not Reporting Incidents to the Police 47

Witnessing Crime 49

4 Worries and Fears in the Communities 56

General Fear of Crime 57

Worry about Specific Incidents 61

Perceptions of Crime in Northern Ireland and Elsewhere 66

5 Policing and the Communities 74

General Levels of Satisfaction with the Police 75

Reporting Crime to the Police 77

Personal Knowledge of Police Officers 79

Fairness of the Police 80

The Importance of Police Tasks 81

Crime Management and 'Other' Organisations 83

6 Securing the Home 90

Crime Prevention 92

Empty Properties 96

Insurance 97

Means of Reducing Crime 98

7 Children in Public Space 104

General Evaluations of Children's Safety 106

Particular Parental Concerns 112

Children's Activities: Family and Civil Society 115

8 Governmentality, Communities and Crime 120

Crime, Safety and Governmentality 121

Communities, Patten and Crime 127

Security and Control 129.

Notes:

Bibliography.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1840145552

OCLC:

48376611