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Three Community safety and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the social and political climate in which hate crimes, whether racially motivated or as a result of homophobia, are increasingly being taken seriously by local authorities and police forces in England and Wales. It explores the special place hate crimes occupy in the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act ‘community safety’ ethos, with particular attention being paid to how police forces, especially Hampshire Constabulary, have been attempting to win the trust of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in Southampton. It argues that police forces in England and Wales are at the forefront of the project of increasing the ‘civic participation’ and ‘active citizenship’ of the members of LGBT communities in England and Wales.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the social and political climate in which hate crimes, whether racially motivated or as a result of homophobia, are increasingly being taken seriously by local authorities and police forces in England and Wales. It explores the special place hate crimes occupy in the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act ‘community safety’ ethos, with particular attention being paid to how police forces, especially Hampshire Constabulary, have been attempting to win the trust of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in Southampton. It argues that police forces in England and Wales are at the forefront of the project of increasing the ‘civic participation’ and ‘active citizenship’ of the members of LGBT communities in England and Wales.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- List of abbreviations vi
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction: asking questions of community safety 1
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Community safety: an incomplete project?
- ‘You just know you’re being watched everywhere’: young people, custodial experiences and community safety 13
- Community safety and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities 35
- Community safety, the family and domestic violence 53
- Ethnic minorities and community safety 71
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Community safety: a contested project?
- The local politics of community safety: local policy for local people? 95
- The police and community safety 111
- Community safety and the private security sector 125
- Outreach drug work and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships: square pegs in round holes? 139
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Community safety: a flawed project?
- Community safety and corporate crime 155
- Community safety and victims: who is the victim of community safety? 169
- Young women, community safety and informal cultures 181
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Community safety: overrun by enforcement?
- Community safety and social exclusion 201
- Community safety and young people: 21st-century homo sacer and the politics of injustice 219
- Conclusion: contradictions and dilemmas: the rise and fall of community safety? 237
- Index 249
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of tables and figures v
- List of abbreviations vi
- List of contributors vii
- Introduction: asking questions of community safety 1
-
Community safety: an incomplete project?
- ‘You just know you’re being watched everywhere’: young people, custodial experiences and community safety 13
- Community safety and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities 35
- Community safety, the family and domestic violence 53
- Ethnic minorities and community safety 71
-
Community safety: a contested project?
- The local politics of community safety: local policy for local people? 95
- The police and community safety 111
- Community safety and the private security sector 125
- Outreach drug work and Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships: square pegs in round holes? 139
-
Community safety: a flawed project?
- Community safety and corporate crime 155
- Community safety and victims: who is the victim of community safety? 169
- Young women, community safety and informal cultures 181
-
Community safety: overrun by enforcement?
- Community safety and social exclusion 201
- Community safety and young people: 21st-century homo sacer and the politics of injustice 219
- Conclusion: contradictions and dilemmas: the rise and fall of community safety? 237
- Index 249
