Securing an urban renaissanceCrime, community, and British urban policy

Abstract

This book adds weight to an emerging argument which suggests that policies in place to make cities better places are inextricably linked to an attempt to civilise, pacify, and regulate crime and disorder in urban areas, contributing to a vision of an urban renaissance that is perhaps as much about control as it is about the broader physical and social renewal of our towns and cities. It has three key themes: the theories, strategies, and assumptions underpinning the securing of ‘Urban Renaissance’; the agendas of current urban policy in the field of crime control; and, thirdly, the role of communities within these agendas. The book provides focused discussions and engagement with these issues from a range of scholars who examine policy connections that can be traced between social, urban, and crime policy and the wider processes of regeneration in British towns and cities. It also seeks to develop our understanding of policies, theories, and practices surrounding contemporary British urban policy, where a move from concerns with ‘urban renaissance’ to those of sustainable communities clearly intersects with issues of community security, policing, and disorder.

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