A brief history of community safety: a critical reflection from the academy

Abstract

This article traces the development of ideas and policies linked to the shifting definitions of crime reduction, prevention and community safety. The conceptual changes are often difficult to define due to imprecision and breadth. Community safety is sufficiently broad to be concerned with a range of harms and hazards beyond crime and disorder, which may become the focus of the emerging new forms of government.

Citation

Hughes, G. (2003), "A brief history of community safety: a critical reflection from the academy", Safer Communities, Vol. 2 No. 4, pp. 22-28. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200300047