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One Introduction
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Abstract
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the role of crime, community, and urban policy in urban renaissance in Great Britain. The book discusses the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the urban renaissance and crime and disorder agendas, and their growing intersection. It also examines in detail existing and emerging political agendas and policies, and explores in depth different aspects of the role of communities within the emergent crime and renewal agenda. One of the author's core contentions in the book is that criminal-justice and policing systems have extended their remit and relevance to urban policy and regeneration initiatives through a process of ‘governing through crime’.
Abstract
This introductory chapter explains the coverage of this book, which is about the role of crime, community, and urban policy in urban renaissance in Great Britain. The book discusses the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of the urban renaissance and crime and disorder agendas, and their growing intersection. It also examines in detail existing and emerging political agendas and policies, and explores in depth different aspects of the role of communities within the emergent crime and renewal agenda. One of the author's core contentions in the book is that criminal-justice and policing systems have extended their remit and relevance to urban policy and regeneration initiatives through a process of ‘governing through crime’.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Introduction 1
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Theories and concepts
- Framing the governance of urban space 23
- The planning, design, and governance of sustainable communities in the UK 39
- Is urban regeneration criminogenic? 57
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Policies and agendas
- New Labour’s ‘broken’ neighbourhoods: liveability, disorder, and discipline? 75
- Lockdown! Resilience, resurgence, and the stage-set city 91
- Tackling anti-social behaviour and regenerating neighbourhoods 107
- ‘Problem’ people, ‘problem’ places? New Labour and council estates 125
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Communities in control of (dis)order
- Community–police relations: support officers in low-income neighbourhoods 147
- New governance of youth disorder: a study of local initiatives 165
- The night-time economy: exploring tensions between agents of control 183
- Prostitution, gentrification, and the limits of neighbourhood space 203
- Urban renaissance and the contested legality of begging in Scotland 219
- Conclusion: British urbanism at a crossroads 233
- References 245
- Index 277
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- Acknowledgements vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Introduction 1
-
Theories and concepts
- Framing the governance of urban space 23
- The planning, design, and governance of sustainable communities in the UK 39
- Is urban regeneration criminogenic? 57
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Policies and agendas
- New Labour’s ‘broken’ neighbourhoods: liveability, disorder, and discipline? 75
- Lockdown! Resilience, resurgence, and the stage-set city 91
- Tackling anti-social behaviour and regenerating neighbourhoods 107
- ‘Problem’ people, ‘problem’ places? New Labour and council estates 125
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Communities in control of (dis)order
- Community–police relations: support officers in low-income neighbourhoods 147
- New governance of youth disorder: a study of local initiatives 165
- The night-time economy: exploring tensions between agents of control 183
- Prostitution, gentrification, and the limits of neighbourhood space 203
- Urban renaissance and the contested legality of begging in Scotland 219
- Conclusion: British urbanism at a crossroads 233
- References 245
- Index 277
