A review of crime prevention activities in a Japanese local government area since 2008: Beautiful Windows Movement in Adachi Ward
A review of crime prevention activities in a Japanese local government area since 2008: Beautiful Windows Movement in Adachi Ward
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DOI：
10.1057/s41300-021-00118-w
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发表时间：
2021-06-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Chronopoulos T
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作者：
Hino K;Chronopoulos T
日本是世界上最安全的国家之一，关于地方政府预防犯罪政策的报告有限。这篇文章回顾了阿达奇区的犯罪预防政策，这里曾经是东京犯罪率最高的地区。阿达奇区政府于2008年推出了“美丽窗户运动”（BWM）。阿达奇区以BWM为基础，从两个不同的方面实施了各种方案和干预措施：与警方合作，参照破窗理论预防轻微犯罪和混乱的方面，以及与公民志愿者合作，使区真正变得美丽的方面。实施11年后，阿达奇区的犯罪记录数量下降幅度居东京之首，居民的安全感显著提高。本案例研究突出了BWM的双重性，既减少犯罪，又提高居民的安全感的优势。在线版本包含补充材料，可通过10.1057/s41300-021-00118-w获得。
There have been limited reports on crime prevention policies by local governments in Japan, which is one of the safest countries in the world. This article reviews crime prevention policies in Adachi Ward, which used to have the highest crime rates in Tokyo. The government of Adachi Ward introduced the “Beautiful Windows Movement” (BWM) in 2008. Based on BWM, Adachi Ward implemented various programs and interventions based on two different aspects: the aspect of preventing minor crimes and disorder in partnership with the police referring to the Broken Windows Theory and the aspect of literally making the Ward beautiful in cooperation with citizen volunteers. After 11 years of implementing BWM, the number of recorded crimes in Adachi Ward declined the most in Tokyo and residents’ sense of security improved significantly. This case study highlights the advantage of the duality of BWM to both reduce crimes and improve residents’ sense of security. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41300-021-00118-w.