Powers, liabilities and expertise in community safety: Comparative lessons for ‘urban security’ from the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
| Author | Alistair Henry,Daniel Gilling,Matthew Bowden,Adam Edwards,Gordon Hughes,John Topping |
| Date | 01 May 2013 |
| DOI | 10.1177/1477370813482612 |
| Published date | 01 May 2013 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
European Journal of Criminology
10(3) 326 –340
© The Author(s) 2013
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Powers, liabilities and
expertise in community safety:
Comparative lessons for ‘urban
security’ from the United
Kingdom and the Republic of
Ireland
Daniel Gilling
Plymouth University, UK
Gordon Hughes
Cardiff University, UK
Matthew Bowden
Dublin Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland
Adam Edwards
Cardiff University, UK
Alistair Henry
University of Edinburgh, UK
John Topping
University of Ulster, UK
Abstract
This paper begins by outlining and critiquing what we term the dominant anglophone model
of neo-liberal community safety and crime prevention. As an alternative to this influential but
flawed model, a comparative analysis is provided of the different constitutional-legal settlements
in each of the five jurisdictions across the UK and the Republic of Ireland (ROI), and their uneven
institutionalization of community safety. In the light of this it is argued that the nature of the
Corresponding author:
Daniel Gilling, Plymouth University, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.
Email: D.Gilling@plymouth.ac.uk
482612EUC10310.1177/1477370813482612European Journal of CriminologyGilling et al.
2013
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