Crime and insecurity
Subtitle: the governance of safety in Europe
By: edited by Adam Crawford.
Contributors: Crawford, Adam.; University of Leeds.
Publisher: Willan
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Devon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Europe -- Congresses.; Crime -- Europe -- Congresses.; Crime -- Government policy -- Europe -- Congresses.; National security -- Europe -- Congresses.; Criminalité -- Europe -- Congrès.; Sécurité nationale -- Europe -- Congrès.
Genres: Congresses.; Congrès.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Colloquium entitled "Insecurity and Safety in the New Millennium", held at the University of Leeds on 23 March 2000"--P. vii.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Crime and security; title: The governance of crime and insecurity in an anxious age : the trans-European and the local -- Adam Crawford; title: Violence in the age of uncertainty -- Zygmunt Bauman -- Part 2. The governance of crime and insecurity across Europe; title: Fighting organized crime : the European Union and internal security -- G. Wyn Rees and Mark Webber; title: Freedom, security and justice : Pillar III and protecting the 'internal acquis' -- Juliet Lodge; title: Whose insecurity? Organized crime, its victims and the EU -- Jo Goodey; title: Immigration, crime and unsafety -- Hans-Jörg Albrecht; title: Insecurity and the policing of cyberspace -- David Wall -- Part 3. The local governance of crime and insecurity; title: Towards a new governance of crime and insecurity in France -- Sebastian Roché; title: Commercial risk, political violence and policing the City of London -- Clive Walker and Martin McGuinness; title: The introduction of CCTV into a custody suite : some reflections on risk, surveillance and policing -- Tim Newburn; title: The poetics of safety : lesbians, gay men and home -- Leslie J. Moran; title: Issues in local community safety : it's all a question of trust -- Sandra Walklate.