Social Housing as Crime Control

An Examination of the Role of Housing Management in Policing Sex Offenders

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12282919
AutoresDavid Cowan (0000-0002-5662-8417, University of Bristol), Christina Pantazis (0000-0002-4053-2437, University of Bristol), Rose Gilroy (0000-0002-3621-6693, Newcastle University)
Año2001
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas435-457
Fecha de publicación2001-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Legal Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/a020305
OpenAlexW2148078152
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas19

This article considers the ways in which social housing has in recent years become inextricably linked with the process of crime control. Drawing on case study research into the rehousing of sex offenders, the authors provide evidence illustrating why and how social housing management has become increasingly drawn into the fold of crime control. The article then highlights some serious but often neglected concerns stemming from the adoption by social housing management of more crime control responsibilities. Whilst protection of individuals and communities should always remain paramount, the article concludes with a discussion about the implications of what these processes may mean for social housing

Anti-social behaviour · Control (management · Crime control · Crime prevention · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economics · Informal social control · Management · Political science · Public housing · Social control · Social science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law