Gillian Lee

Perceptions about Crime and Safety in the Region of Peel

A qualitative examination of connections between the social and built environment and crime three neighbourhoods

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigated the role that local environmental factors play in influencing perceptions of crime and safety across three neighbourhoods within the Region of Peel, Ontario. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with local experts to examine their perceptions of crime and safety, and elements of the built and social environment that may influence these perceptions and identified dimensions of social capital that serve as pathways through which broader environmental determinants of crime and safety can become embedded at the local neighbourhood level. Findings of this research revealed that the perceived relationships between the social and built environment and crime are complex and that dimensions of social capital such as informal social ties serve as a mediator between the environment and perceptions about crime and how perceived and actual crime may be reduced by modifying elements of the built and social environment in order to strengthen local dimensions of social capital.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9783847371373
• ISBN-10: 3847371371
• Artikelnr.: 40472461

Autorenporträt

Gillian Lee is a criminal statistical analyst, greyhound lover and runner. She has written numerous papers and participated in several research projects. Her interests in personal reading and academic research are in the areas of genocide and the Canadian criminal justice system, specifically the areas of mental health, fraud and gangs.