Crime and Insecurity : the Governance of Safety in Europe

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Concerns over insecurity and questions of safety have become central issues in social and political debates across Europe and the western world. Crucial changes have followed as a result, such as a redefinition of the role of the state in relation to policing - a central theme of this book - and an explosion in the growth of private policing. These developments have, in their turn, heightened feelings of insecurity and safety, particularly where populations have become increasingly mobile and societies more socially fragmented, culturally diverse and economically fragmented. Responses to insec.  Read more... Abstract: Concerns over insecurity have become central issues in political debates across Europe and the western world, and crucial changes have followed in the wake of these concerns. This book contributes to an understanding of these developments, approaching the subject from a range of perspectives.  Read more... Content: Prelims Contents Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Figures and tables Introduction: governance and security Part 1: Crime and insecurity 1 The governance of crime and insecurity in an anxious age: the trans-European and the local 2 Violence in the age of uncertainty Part 2: The governance of crime and insecurity across Europe 3 Fighting organised crime: The European Union and internal security 4 Freedom, security and justice: Pillar III and protecting the 'internal acquis' 5 Whose insecurity? Organised crime, its victims and the EU 6 Immigration, crime and unsafety. 7. Insecurity and the policing of cyberspacePart 3: The local governance of crime and insecurity 8 Towards a new governance of crime and insecurity in France 9. Commercial risk, political violence and policing the City of London 10 The introduction of CCTV into a custody suite: some reflections on risk, surveillance and policing 11 The poetics of safety: lesbians, gay men and home 12 Issues in local community safety.