Publisher's Synopsis
Safety, Societal Problems and Citizens' Perceptions focuses on issues of conceptualization and the measurement of key constructs in the study of security in its broadest meaning: from fear of crime to corruption. Some articles present tests of theoretical models derived from theoretical criminology while other articles examine the different institutional reactions towards crime and drug-related problems (e.g. policing, the conflict of interests between private companies and authorities, restorative justice, etc.). Contents include: Different Measures of Fear of Crime and Survey Measurement Error * Mobility and Distance Decay at the Aggregated and Individual Level * Exploring the Role of Exposure to Offending and Deviant Lifestyles in Explaining Offending, Victimization, and the Strength of the Association between Offending and Victimization * "Safety: Everybody's Concern, Everybody's Duty"? Questioning the Significance of 'Active Citizenship' and 'Social Cohesion' for People's Perception of Safety * Institutional Distrust in Flanders: What Is the Role of Social Capital and Dimensions of Discontent? * Conceptualizing the Role of Police Culture in Change Strategies * The View of the Police on Community Policing in Belgian Multicultural Neighborhoods * Population Density, Disadvantage, Disorder and Crime: Testing Competing Neighborhood Level Theories in Two Urban Settings * The Continuum of Conflicts of Interest: From Corruption to Clubbing and the Underlying Risks at Victimization * Corruption as a Judgement Label * Towards an Integral and Integrated Drug Policy: Pearls and Pitfalls * Explaining Violence and Aggression on Public Transport from the Perpetrator's Perspective: Literature on Typology and Etiology Applied * Myths and Reality in the History of Restorative Justice.
