The Islington Crime Survey: Thirty Years On

伊斯灵顿犯罪调查：三十年过去

基本信息

批准号：
ES/N00468X/1
负责人：
Roger Matthews
金额：
$ 33.7万
依托单位：
University of Kent
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN00468X%2F1
关键词：
Islington Crime Survey Thirty Years

项目摘要

This research aims to provide an overview of the trends in crime and victimisation in an inner city area over the last thirty years. In this period it is widely recognised that the inner city has undergone major changes involving significant population shifts. The London borough of Islington is taken as a point of reference because it exhibits significant changes in the composition of its population over the last thirty years as well as experiencing major changes in its leisure and consumer activities. At the same time it includes an interesting mix of gentrified areas combined with pockets of poverty and deprivation.The principal aim of the research is to examine changes in the distribution of crime and victimisation in this particular context. In 1986 a landmark study of crime and victimisation was carried out and published in the form of The Islington Crime Survey (Jones, McLean and Young 1986). This study sought to both extend and qualify the findings of the then British Crime Survey (currently referred to as the Crime Survey for England and Wales) which collected national data. It was recognised that the form and level of crime varies significantly by area and that if victimisation surveys are going to inform policy then they have to be detailed and localised. For example, local crime surveys like The Islington Crime Survey (ICS) are able to identify specific streets and areas where people feel unsafe and can provide policy makers with the information that allows them to make such areas safer. They also allow assessments by residents of police performance and the opportunity for residents to express their priorities and concerns. Nationally, there has been a significant decrease in most forms of recorded crime over the last two decades. This research provides an investigation of this decrease in an inner city area and aim to identify which groups, if any, have benefited from this decrease. The survey will also look at repeat victimisation since it is know that some of the most victimised groups tend to be repeatedly victimised and the aim will be to see if these levels of repeat victimisation have increased or decreased over time.One of the main aims of the survey is to gain information of the experiences of victimisation amongst different ethnic groups and also to examine their relation with the police. There will also be a focus on domestic violence, fear of crime, as well as forms of commercial crime. The research will also draw on other data sources that provide information on crime in the borough that have been produced over the past thirty years in order to identify trends. The identification of these trends will in turn be linked to an analysis of the changing economic and social context in which they are taking place. In this way the research will examine changes in the distribution of victimisation in relation to the changing social composition and economic activity in the borough. This form of analysis should be able to say something significant about the changing nature of urban life and about people's concerns and experiences, which should provide some useful insights into the changing dynamics of urban culture.There is considerable debate by academic researchers about the nature and direction of urban change and in particular how these changes relate to crime. There are also debates about the degree to which various crime prevention measures have been effective in reducing crime. By identifying urban trends in conjunction with changing patterns of crime this research provides a unique opportunity to increase our understanding of some of the most significant developments that are taking place in contemporary society.

这项研究旨在概述过去三十年来内城区犯罪和受害的趋势。在此期间，人们普遍认为，内城发生了重大变化的重大变化。伊斯灵顿的伦敦自治市镇被视为参考点，因为它在过去三十年中表现出重大变化，并且在休闲和消费者活动中经历了重大变化。同时，它包括绅士化地区的有趣组合，结合了贫困和剥夺的口袋。该研究的主要目的是检查在这种特定情况下犯罪和受害的变化。 1986年，对犯罪和受害的一项具有里程碑意义的研究以《伊斯灵顿犯罪调查》的形式进行并发表（琼斯，麦克莱恩和扬，1986年）。这项研究旨在扩展和鉴定当时的英国犯罪调查的发现（目前称为英格兰和威尔士的犯罪调查），该调查收集了国家数据。人们认识到，犯罪的形式和水平因地区而有很大差异，如果受害调查将为政策提供信息，则必须对其进行详细和本地化。例如，诸如伊斯灵顿犯罪调查（ICS）之类的当地犯罪调查能够确定人们感到不安全的特定街道和区域，并可以为政策制定者提供允许他们更安全的信息。他们还允许居民对警察绩效的评估以及居民表达其优先事项和疑虑的机会。在全国范围内，在过去的二十年中，大多数形式的记录犯罪形式都大大减少。这项研究对内城区的这种减少进行了调查，旨在确定哪些群体（如果有的话）受益于这种减少。该调查还将考虑重复的受害，因为人们知道，一些最受害的群体往往会反复受害，目的是查看这些重复的受害水平是否随着时间的流逝而增加或减少。该调查的主要目的之一是获得不同种族的受害经历的信息，并检查他们与警察的关系。还将关注家庭暴力，恐惧犯罪以及商业犯罪形式。这项研究还将利用其他数据来源，这些数据来源在过去三十年中生产的自治市镇中有关犯罪的信息，以识别趋势。这些趋势的识别反过来将与对发生的经济和社会环境的分析有关。通过这种方式，研究将研究与自治市镇不断变化的社会组成和经济活动有关的受害分布的变化。这种分析形式应该能够说出有关城市生活的不断变化以及人们的关注和经验的重要性，这应该为城市文化的变化动态提供一些有用的见解。学术研究人员就城市变化的性质和方向尤其与这些变化有关的辩论引起了很多争论。关于各种预防犯罪措施在减少犯罪方面有效的程度也有辩论。通过确定城市趋势与不断变化的犯罪模式，这项研究为我们提供了一个独特的机会，以增加我们对当代社会中一些最重要的发展的理解。