This chapter traces and evaluates both the historic emergence of the modern 'preventive
turn'as well as the elaboration and institutionalisation of crime prevention and community …

This paper draws upon the first national study of local responses to child-to-parent violence
(CPV) in England and Wales to examine emergent representations of CPV and consider …

Forensic mental health care is situated across both criminal justice and healthcare systems
and is subject to political, cultural, legal and economic shifts in these contexts. The …

This article is an introduction to meta‐research, a systematic and replicable process of
synthesizing research findings across a body of original research. After introducing the …

The article provides a case of community safety based upon an evaluative study of an
community safety intervention in the south-west Dublin suburb of Tallaght. Characteristic of …

This study explores the association between youth antisocial behavior outcomes and
predictors including individual factors (youth attitudes) and interpersonal factors (friends and …

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55455, USA multi-disciplinary approaches coalesce, often in awkward combinations …

This paper presents the findings of an empirical study conducted with local enforcement
agents in two areas in England regarding the implementation of the anti-social behaviour …

This chapter focuses on the genesis, development and implementation of a Children First,
Offender Second approach to engaging with children who come into conflict with the law …

Following the devolution of powers by the UK Government to the National Assembly for
Wales, the law in Wales has diverged considerably from the law in England on many issues …