Safer Communities: Volume 21 Issue 4

Retailers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of CPTED-based techniques in reducing shoplifting: the case of Istanbul

Mine Özaşçılar

Shoplifting has become a widespread crime problem worldwide. The study aims to investigate retailers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of crime prevention through environmental…

Perceived neighborhood crime and health: a multilevel analysis for Turkey

Tekin Kose, Nur Orak

Crime has notable impacts on health outcomes of individuals through various pathways. This study aims to explore relationships between perceived neighborhood crime and health…

Teen firearm access during COVID: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of Pennsylvania families

Lacey Nicole Wallace

This study aims to investigate patterns in adolescent gun access and household gun storage in 2021 and 2022.

Searching for context: a review of “what works” reviews of interventions to prevent youth offending using the EMMIE Framework

Stephen Case, Charlie E. Sutton, Joanne Greenhalgh, Mark Monaghan, Judy Wright

This study aims to examine the extent to which “What Works” reviews in youth justice enable understanding of the features of effectiveness (what works, for whom, in what…

Examination of a community-based, multifaceted program for juvenile offenders and their families

David A. Scott

The purpose of this study was to examine the results of a community-based program addressing the mental health needs of at-risk youth (n = 196) and their families.

Perceptions of police use of surveillance cameras in Ghana; does procedural justice matter?

Stewart Selase Hevi, Ebenezer Malcalm, Gifty Enyonam Ketemepi, Akorfa Wuttor, Clemence Dupey Agbenorxevi

This paper aims to investigate the effect of perception of police use of surveillance cameras (POP-S), perception of police legitimacy (POP-L) and community well-being. The study…