Crime Prevention

Gilling, Daniel

doi:10.4324/9780203995419

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“…The study has also demonstrated that child victims need as much or more support than adults, for whom far more services are available in Britain (Pain and Gill 2003), and that their fears should be taken seriously. Fear of crime tends to be tackled in current policy in England and Wales as more straightforward and easier to shift than crime itself (Gilling 1997), but for children as for many other groups, fear is often closely related to real rather than imagined threats. Children's victimization is slowly beginning to receive policy attention.…”

Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paranoid parenting? Rematerializing risk and fear for children

Pain

2006

Social & Cultural Geography

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Both in the social sciences and in popular debates, recent commentaries on fear for children highlight the mismatch between children's and parents' fears and the risk of stranger danger, and point to cultural changes to childhood and parenting in explanation. This paper suggests that a materialist approach to fear and risk may be equally helpful to understanding, and of more strategic advantage in promoting social change which benefits children, especially those who have been victims. It is argued that if research is child-centred, grounded in particular places, and explicit about the social stratification of risk, then experience of victimization itself can explain a large part of children's fears. In support, the paper draws on quantitative and qualitative research with 1069 children aged 10-16 in a deprived area of north east England. The geographies of child victimization and children's fears are compared, showing that many fears about public space are spatially congruent with experiences of risk. These geographies of risk and fear are gendered and racialized and, in this geographical context, paedophiles and asylum seekers have replaced the 'stranger' in children's accounts of danger. Implications for current public and policy debates are discussed.

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Section: Policy Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paranoid parenting? Rematerializing risk and fear for children

Pain

2006

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…al. 2006;Gilling 1997;Koskela and Pain 2000;Ratcliffe 2004). These include quantitative metrics of the geographic region, such as population and demographics information.…”

Section: Spatial Variablesmentioning

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Infrastructure Impact for Human Safety and Resilience : A Case Study

Affleck¹

2018

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Constructing the Afghan National Police (ANP) facilities was among the U.S. Government's (USG) infrastructure development efforts for the stability operation mission in Afghanistan. Therefore, this study selected two communities in the northern and eastern parts of Afghanistan to assess how the introduction of these police stations has influenced the perception of neighborhood safety and local growth. This study used complementary datasets and methods, including multilevel models, to relate qualitative and quantitative information. This study revealed contrasting outcomes: (a) people's feeling of safety attributed to the ANP facilities is higher in the less safe area, and (b) people's perception of the overall neighborhood safety in the two study areas is unrelated to each other. These feelings of safety are associated with perceived trust and confidence in the police; and most importantly, the ANP facilities contributed to a level of perceived institutional influence in promoting patriotism and national identity in the community. Overall, the addition of police infrastructure and institutions in these two study areas has supported security, resilience, and growth in the community. These measures provide novel insights that are practical for assessing impacts on infrastructure development in conflict-ridden environments and can facilitate better-informed decisions for future infrastructure development supporting USG missions. DISCLAIMER: The contents of this report are not to be used for advertising, publication, or promotional purposes. Citation of trade names does not constitute an official endorsement or approval of the use of such commercial products. All product names and trademarks cited are the property of their respective owners. The findings of this report are not to be construed as an official Department of the Army position unless so designated by other authorized documents.

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“…Fear is viewed as a problem of city centres, urban streets and parks, rather than homes, semi-private spaces and people who are acquaintances or relatives. If fear is reduced by reducing risks, then the fact that most attempts at resolving fear are situational and limited to public space is problematic (Gilling 1997).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Fear is deployed in the marketplace, as various threats are drawn into the development and advertising of new and old consumer goods -weapons; sports utility vehicles; child tracking devices; organic food. Moral panics about dangerous groups, places and behaviours inform policing and community safety policies, and within urban development unjust fortressing and surveillance strategies clash with rhetoric about inclusive and peopled cities (Gilling 1997;Garland 2001). Such exclusionary tensions and effects spill into everyday life, exacerbating social and spatial disparities, and contributing to the demonisation of those social groups who are at the sharp end of fear (Hopkins 2007;Pain and Shirlow 2003;Poynting et al 2004).…”

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confidence: 99%

Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life

Dittmer¹

2016

Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life

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Crime Prevention

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Paranoid parenting? Rematerializing risk and fear for children

Paranoid parenting? Rematerializing risk and fear for children

Infrastructure Impact for Human Safety and Resilience : A Case Study

Fear: Critical Geopolitics and Everyday Life

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