2011/9/26

Context
Mature Life
InstituteThe effect of Safe
Community programs on
Subjective Safety~ from a case of Kameoka, Japan~
Yoko Shiraishi

1. Purpose of the study
2. Background
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Discussion
Future Tasks

Ritsumeikan University
Mature Life Institute
2To See the effect of “SafeCommunity” on subjective safety& community bond in theJapanese context

1. PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

More possibility of introducing SC
to municipalities & communities
in the Japanese context
43(0) Safe Community in Japan
Kameoka was designated as#132 SC in March 2008

2．BACKGROUND(1)Increasing concern about safety especially subjective safety

Supported by Kyoto Prefecture(2)Improving awareness of importanceof community bond

Revitalizationof community
by strengthencommunity bond

5Community
SafetyPromotion

 subjective

Decline in
expensesfor Medicaland welfare
program61

2011/9/26(2) Weakened Community Bond(1) Increasing Concern about safety
Japan have achieved tohigh standard of safety（objective)
BUT

0%

Reasons for feeling of unsafe &unsecure

?

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%%

020

4060

1975

52.8

1986

49

1987

42.3

32.8

11.8
1.8

more crime byforeighners

55.1

32.4

14.4
3.8

less sence ofcommunity

Public Safety & Security

49.0

35.3

16.7
5.3

Subjective safety
becomes moreconcerned

safer
2.4%
less safe
37.7%

relatively
safer
8.9%

not enougheducation foryoung generation

cannotanswer4.0%

48.1

easy access toundesirable
informatioin

don't know
0.4%

not enoughpanishment
against crimes
diminishednormative
consciousness

relatively
less safe
46.6%

43.8

39.3

37.2

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0%

20%

2000

13.92007

10.7Relationshipwith60%80%100%neighbors

40%

40.7

30.9

23.1

19.4

18.4

30.9

3.9

7.5

strong rlatioins

relatively strong relations

relatively weak relatioins

weak relations

no relation

no answer78

 Community bond is considered as oneof components which maintain/ improve
community safety and its betterment
Potential of the mechanism forcommunity revitalization is found in theSC model because of its fundamental
concept;
 collaboration with various actors
in the community

3. METHODOLOGY
A case of Kameoka City- Observation Research- Household Surveillance109(1) Observation Research–

Activities of various actors in the community;–

Change in relationship among relevant actors

４．RESULT

governments, neighborhood association, residents…

(2) Household Surveillance––

Conducted in March 2009, two years after theintervention of SC programs
Compared to the previous survey in 2007

 Analysis focusing on community bond andsubjective safety.
 No research on objective safety  need
another few years of data.
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2011/9/26① Community Diagnosis(1) Observation Research
Observe the process of pursuing the SCprograms in a pilot area of Shino-cho《Priority Setting》④Evaluation ofthe programs① Community
Diagnosis

 Elderly Safety Children’s safety
 Traffic Safety○ Statistics from gov't , Police, Fire
department, Public Health Center○ Questionnaire Surveillance○ Workshop

The Cycleof ‘S+PDCA’improvement(See+Plan+Do+Check+Action)(Disaster response)《Finding Social Resources 》②Programis being
established
Planning○ Public Services○ Activities, organizations, community
groups, individuals○ Facilities③ Intervention

 Fall Prevention
 School guard Traffic Safety Crimeprevention・・・・・1314② Program Planning & ③Intervention
Safe Elderly(B)Utilize(A)programs
for different
purposesConnect

Fall Prevention

MakeExercise
ClassesCare services

15ChildrenOngoing Programs

New Programs○Public services○Watch over program●Ai-Ai network(Mutual support program)●Support programs for the
Fall Prevention exercise

Disasterresponse○Disaster Drill○ Emergency MapOthers○anticrime patrols

Barrier free programin the PublicHome
Renovation

16≒ ④ Assessment/Evaluation
 After two years of intervention
Area : Shino-Cho (a pilot area of SC)
Date： Feb. 15 ~ March 10, 2009Distribution: 5,763 households(complete enumeration)
Collection: 3,937 samples
collected by the neighborhood self
governing association- Collection rate : 38.9%（valid response;3,929 samples；38.2%)○Watch over program for ●welcome home programchildrenon Wednesday○School guard programs ●Safe Kids program

Traffic Safety ○Watch over program

Senior ClubActivities(2) Household Surveillanve

C. Create new programs
Elderly

Fall prevention
exerciseA. Connection

SCPrograms

B. Utilization
Fire Dept.
Fire prevention(C)
newprograms

similarprograms

Policesafe traffic●Shino-Safety Map●Patrol for safety by
10,000 residents
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Result② Socialization and S-Safety

Result① Profile of respondents【Age】<2020-29【Gender】

0.1%
0.1%

Male

30-39

13.5%
14.9%

40-49

13.1%
13.9%

47.7%

8.0%
7.4%

70-74

5.1%
3.9%
2.4%
2.9%
0.5%
1.1%

Residents who socialize inthe community tend to feelsafe than who don’t

51.4%

71.0%

28.1%

 In 2009, eachcategory has increased
ratio of people who are
feeling safe

0.9%

14.5%
12.5%

65-69

欠損値

N/A

0.8%
2007
(n=1483）

15.7%
16.7%

60-6479<2009(n=3929）
25.1%
24.1%

50-59

75-79

Female

2007
2009

2.1%
2.5%

 Ratio of young generation
increased Female takes over 70%,
20% increase compared to 2007
1920

Result④ Involvement & Interest
to the Community activities

Result③ C. activities & S-Safety

 Among who are interested in or
involved in those activities, more
people become to feel safe

Residents who areworking for community
betterment together
tend to feel safer In 2009, eachcategory has increased
ratio of people who are
feeling safe

2122The community becomes to work forsafety in collaboration with variousactors
Individual /Sectional
 Cooperative
More connection/ involvement incommunity through SC activities
has raised subjective safety amongresidents

5．DISCUSSION

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Future task
Mature LifeInstitute

1. Questionnaire Surveillance- Importance of comparison with a controlgroup- Possibility of effect by collecting by hand feeling of obligation might result inincrease of collection rate

Thank you for yourattention
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2. Evaluation of Objective Safety- Planning after accumulation of another fewyears of data
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