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1 From crime in the community to community crime control: New directions in criminological theory and crime management Jon Bannister Simon Mackenzie SCCJR, Crime and Communities network

2 A partnership forged between Glasgow, Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow Caledonian Universities in alliance with Aberdeen, Dundee, Strathclyde and St Andrew’s Universities The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

3 SCCJR Resources Research themes Civic criminology

4 Crime and Communities Community as offender, victim, cause and solution (In)civility: the anti-social and the pro-social Community safety and community crime control: practical solutions

5 Jon Bannister Crime in the community: new directions in criminological theory Tolerance and Anti-Social Behaviour

6 Tolerance Tolerance as a deliberative, moral and/or practical choice Tolerance as a British virtue and value? Tolerance as a legacy of New Labour?

7 Intolerance Evidence of rising intolerance (perceived and real): anti-social behaviour, disorder and conflict Falling thresholds of tolerance?

8 The Forces Shaping Tolerance A culture of individualism Economic insecurity Pluralism (globalisation and migration)

9 Policies Shaping Tolerance The urban policy paradox: celebrating difference, purifying space The absence of space for social encounters (physical and metaphorical)

10 A Cycle of Intolerance Sight, sound, stereotype Lack of evident common values The ‘other’ as increasingly threatening ‘Defining down deviance’, collective action and conflict

11 Simon Mackenzie Community crime control: new directions in crime management Community and Reciprocity

12 Civility as contribution An action scale of contribution Enforcement (e.g. bystander intervention) Performance (e.g. acting civil) Civility as a public good ABC D CivilityE FGH

13 Self-interest vs Reciprocity People are fundamentally self-interested, aren’t they? No. self--------------strong----------------total co-op/ interest reciprocity altruism

14 Reciprocity: definitions Reciprocity is the propensity to reward kind and punish unkind behaviour of others. Strong reciprocity is a predisposition to co-operate with others, and to punish (at personal cost, if necessary) those who violate the norms of co-operation, even where it is implausible to expect that these costs will be recovered at a later date. Strong reciprocators are conditional co-operators and altruistic punishers.

15 Practical implications of these models –Development of mutual trust, norms of fairness and cooperation –Visibility: Strategies needed to intensify contact and communication among potential cooperators –Ownership: a significant stake in the public good created –Esteem: reciprocity theory prioritises the desire for social esteem in the individual as a motivator for upholding one’s side of reciprocal bargains.

16 Community policing rather than community policing CAPS –Advisory councils and beat officers –Operation Beat Feet; March for Peace; Good Guys Loitering –Citizen evidence gathering and private shaming

17 www.sccjr.ac.uk s.mackenzie@lbss.gla.ac.uk j.bannister@socsci.gla.ac.uk


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