COUNTERBLAST: How Can Communities be Policed in an Age of Austerity: Vigilantism?

The Newlove Report: a new opportunity or an obligation for communities to confront crime?

“…Within a neo liberal political framework individualised responses to crime have increasingly been promoted. One possible aspect of this is the potential legitimisation of vigilantism (Considine, 2011). However , in seeking to relocate the responsibility of tackling crime further on individuals and communities, the Newlove Report, if implemented, could open up the possibility of blaming communities for their own victimisation.…”