Systems Thinking for Sustainable Crime Prevention

Planning for Risky Places
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-24985-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

This book offers a comprehensive overview of areas with elevated levels of crime, which we consider ‘risky places.’ These can be facilities, nodes, or paths and can be found everywhere, from small towns to megacities. Crime and fear are examined from the perspective of those who use these places, based on examples from the US, the UK, Sweden, Nigeria, Brazil, China, Australia, and more. Advocating for a systems thinking approach, the book shows what can be learned from risky places and identifies ways to address their inherent problems. The book also assesses current barriers to applying systems thinking and identifies ways to foster interconnected long-term crime prevention strategies that meet the diverse needs of multiple stakeholders. Aimed at academics, students, and professionals in urban planning, criminology, geography, and related fields, this book is a vital resource for those dedicated to creating safer, more inclusive, and sustainable environments.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ceccato, Vania

Newton, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introducing risky places for crime.  2. Thinking in risky places as systems.  3. Revisiting the theoretical foundations of risky places.  4. Identifying risky facilities.  5. Analyzing risky nodes.  6. Unraveling risky paths and journeys.  7. Discovering opportunities for actions in risky places.  8. Re-framing methods for systems thinking for risky places.  9. Exemplifying the governance of risky places.  10. Activating systems thinking for sustainable crime prevention.

Über Autor(innen)

Vania Ceccato is Professor at the Department of Urban Planning and Environment, School of Architecture and the Built Environment in Stockholm, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Andy Newton is Professor of Criminology and Policing at Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. He is a co-director of the cross-disciplinary strategic research theme Safety and Sustainability.