Bibliography

Assignment 3A for Design Studies asked us to use cross search and library resources to find appropriate journals and books related to the section we decided to focus on from the previous brainstorm. I chose to look at prisons environments initially but became more interested in crime prevention in relation to community policing so that is what i decided to investigate in this part of the assignment. I found it quite difficult to get hold of any relevant books online so all my findings are articles/journals!


Donnelly, P (1998) Residents' Efforts at Neighborhood Stabilization: Facing the Challenges of Inner-City Neighborhoods. Sociological Forum, Vol. 13, No. 2 pp. 189-213

I found this article interesting as it looks at community activism and how encouraging citizen participation in preventing crime is more effective than avoiding it and if communities work together they can make changes. The paper looks specifically at a communities response to an increase in crime in a "racially, and economically diverse neighborhood" who came together and made a plan to prevent certain types of crimes that were happening in their area.


Jackson, J (2007) Public confidence in policing - A neo-Durkheimian perspective. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY 47 (2): 214-233
This journal looks at how trust and confidence in the police are shaped by the moral values of communities. I find it interesting that the way in which communities are constructed affect the way in which trust can be built. It looks at how it is important that police should deal with the public in a fair and dignified way and how in doing this it allows communities to become more confident in their attitudes towards them.

Johnston, L (2003) From "pluralisation" to "the police extended family": discourses on the governance of community policing in Britain. International Journal of the Sociology of Law; 31 (3) pp.185-204
This journal is also useful for my chosen topic, it looks widely at community policing and how with government funding wardens can be placed in communities to create a "police extended family" and improve relationships between the public and local police. Having wardens allow a partnership to be created within the community with the police and allows improvements in crime and external environment to be undertaken.

Manzi, T (2005) Gated communities as club goods: segregation or social cohesion? Housing Studies; 20 (2) pp.345-359
I found this article interesting as it looks at how gated communities can prevent crime and be positive although they are normally seen in a negative light as they tend to intensify "social segregation". Gated communities in poorer areas can help to reduce crime instead of people just moving to "better" areas. It also looks at case studies and shows how if there is an increase in community participation it can contribute to preventing crime

Schneider, SR (1998) Overcoming barriers to communication between police and socially disadvantaged neighborhoods: a critical theory of community policing.CRIME LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE 30 (4): 347-377
I also found this article very interesting, it looks at how important police relationships with socially disadvantaged neighborhoods (SDN's) is in crime prevention. It discusses how if police had a better relationship with minority groups in SDN then crime could be reduced. If community policing improves and their empathy towards SDN does too it can help to sustain a stronger relationship.

Weitzer, R (2004) Reforming the police: Racial differences in public support for change.CRIMINOLOGY 42 (2): 391-416
This article also appealed to me, it talks about public support for police reform and how police misconduct can affect confidence in policing. It looks at what types of people (including racial groups) most favor reform from the police and why. I find it very interesting that the police are occasionally the group that needs to change their behavior to build confidence as opposed to the communities themselves.

Oh, JH (2009) Aging neighborhood attachment, and fear of crime: testing reciprocal effects. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 37 (1): 21-40
I also found this article very relevant as it looks at how neighborhood attachments ("friendship, neighboring, social cohesion and trust, informal social control") affect the fear of crime. It focuses on the element of age and how this can affect fear of crime and neighborhood attachments. It suggests that if community relationships were stronger then the elderly would feel safer.


I also came across the website http://www.mypolice.org/ which is very relevent. It is a website which allows people to submit stories about experiences, good or bad, that they have had with the police. It could be very helpful for obtaining information from the public on how the police service can be improved and to see what exactly communities want from the police. It is a good way of improving the relationship between police and the general public. There is also a related blog http://mypolice.wordpress.com/ which allows people to see regular updates on the progress of the project.