The handbook of community safety, gender and violence prevention : practical planning tools / Carolyn Whitzman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitzman, Carolyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime prevention--Planning.

Crime prevention.

Violence--Prevention.

Violence.

Community organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Violence and insecurity are among the most important issues facing communities in the 21st century. Both family violence and community violence are rapidly rising in the urbanizing nations of the ?South?, and richer nations are also facing increased concern about the health, social, economic and environmental costs of violence and crime.The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender and Violence Prevention is the first book to gather together research and examples, from a gendered perspective, of local, regional and international interventions that work to prevent crime, violence and insecurity. Cas

Contents:

Cover; The Handbook of Community Safety,Gender and Violence Prevention; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Issues; What this book is - and is not; Challenging the traditional crime and punishment approach; Developing a new framework for community safety and violence prevention; Brief outline of the rest of the book; Chapter 2: Defining the Problem: The Prevalence of Violence and Insecurity; Defining community safety and violence; The prevalence of violence: An overview

Violence across the life courseThe relationship between violence and insecurity; Conclusion: A largely private issue or a public concern?; Chapter 3: Analysing the Problem: Causes, Consequences and Prevention of Violence; Root causes of violence and risk/resilience factors; The consequences of violence; The prevention of violence; Conclusion: From analysis to action on violence prevention; Chapter 4: Coordinated Community Safety: From Local to Global; Coordination and the question of scale; Coordination at the neighbourhood scale; Coordination at the city scale

Coordination at the national scaleCoordination at the regional and international scales; Conclusion: Coordination at different scales and the question of good governance; Chapter 5: The Process of Community Safety Planning; Models of community safety planning processes; Stage one: Developing partnerships around a problem; Stage two: Diagnostic tools and community consultation; Stage three: Developing work plans based on a logic framework; Stage four: Implementation and monitoring; Stage five: Evaluation - the hardest part; Stage six: Modification, maintenance and mainstreaming

Chapter 6: The Components of Community SafetyEarly childhood strategies; School-based interventions; Community economic development approaches; Public awareness approaches; Capacity-building and the question of self-defence; Service provision: Better coordinated and more responsive services; Safer spaces: Spatial planning; Policing approaches; Legal and correctional approaches; Conclusion: A wide menu of community safety strategies; Chapter 7: The Future of Community Safety and Violence Prevention; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-264) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-55370-3

1-84977-305-X

1-136-55371-1

1-281-75279-7

9786611752798

600-00-0220-3

1-4356-3461-6

9781849773058

OCLC:

213816656