ALICE SAMPSON
Biographic Data
| ID | 5237380 |
|---|---|
| NAME | ALICE SAMPSON |
| GIVEN NAMES | ALICE |
| FAMILY NAME | SAMPSON |
| SIGNATURE | SAMPSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of East London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How Young People Peacefully Challenge Community Norms Embedded With Violence in a Brazilian Favela
Drawing on social disorganisation theories this paper considers what type of voluntary organisation might mediate community social norms in localities with low income where violence is embedded in social institutions and residents appear unable to informally regulate violent crimes. This study describes how the situated logic of one organisation, located in a favela in Brazil, transcends personal ties to the organisation and illustrates how commu…
Working in the community with young people who offend
This paper discusses how the ‘at risk’ and ‘what works’ approach that drives the management of youth criminal justice systems produces little knowledge that informs practitioners how best to work with young people who offend and how to design effective crime prevention programmes. An alternative approach that is more informative for the development of effective practices is proposed. This approach prioritises problem-solving and finding out how i…
Developing Robust Approaches to Evaluating Social Programmes
Using `evidence' to falsify rather than verify patterns in data and searching for alternative explanations enables a better understanding of the circumstances that explain why and how a social programme works or does not work. An analysis of the extent to which a programme is meeting its aims and objectives to find out if it provides a solution to the policy problem, is more rigorous.The roles researchers adopt influence the quality of an evaluat…
Probation and Community Crime Prevention1
This paper considers the involvement of the probation service in crime prevention in the light of research which suggested that probation officers find it difficult to make practical sense of the idea of a ‘community’ orientation. The traditional client focus of the service, its concern with the social dimensions of crime, and the effect of gender relations on inter‐agency working all tend to inhibit officers from becoming wholeheartedly involved…
Crime, Localities and the Multi-Agency Approach
The ‘multi-agency’ approach to crime prevention has received considerable attention in recent years. This paper examines both theoretical and practical aspects of multi-agency work, in the light of research conducted over two years in a small number of neighbourhoods in inner London and a Lancashire town. Two contrasting forms of conventional understanding of the multi-agency approach—the ‘benevolent’ as against the ‘conspiratorial’ thesis—are ex…
Crime, Localities and the Multi-Agency Approach
The ‘multi-agency’ approach to crime prevention has received considerable attention in recent years. This paper examines both theoretical and practical aspects of multi-agency work, in the light of research conducted over two years in a small number of neighbourhoods in inner London and a Lancashire town. Two contrasting forms of conventional understanding of the multi-agency approach—the ‘benevolent’ as against the ‘conspiratorial’ thesis—are ex…
Working in the community with young people who offend
This paper discusses how the ‘at risk’ and ‘what works’ approach that drives the management of youth criminal justice systems produces little knowledge that informs practitioners how best to work with young people who offend and how to design effective crime prevention programmes. An alternative approach that is more informative for the development of effective practices is proposed. This approach prioritises problem-solving and finding out how i…
Developing Robust Approaches to Evaluating Social Programmes
Using `evidence' to falsify rather than verify patterns in data and searching for alternative explanations enables a better understanding of the circumstances that explain why and how a social programme works or does not work. An analysis of the extent to which a programme is meeting its aims and objectives to find out if it provides a solution to the policy problem, is more rigorous.The roles researchers adopt influence the quality of an evaluat…
Crime, Localities and the Multi-Agency Approach
The ‘multi-agency’ approach to crime prevention has received considerable attention in recent years. This paper examines both theoretical and practical aspects of multi-agency work, in the light of research conducted over two years in a small number of neighbourhoods in inner London and a Lancashire town. Two contrasting forms of conventional understanding of the multi-agency approach—the ‘benevolent’ as against the ‘conspiratorial’ thesis—are ex…
Probation and Community Crime Prevention1
This paper considers the involvement of the probation service in crime prevention in the light of research which suggested that probation officers find it difficult to make practical sense of the idea of a ‘community’ orientation. The traditional client focus of the service, its concern with the social dimensions of crime, and the effect of gender relations on inter‐agency working all tend to inhibit officers from becoming wholeheartedly involved…
Developing Robust Approaches to Evaluating Social Programmes
Using `evidence' to falsify rather than verify patterns in data and searching for alternative explanations enables a better understanding of the circumstances that explain why and how a social programme works or does not work. An analysis of the extent to which a programme is meeting its aims and objectives to find out if it provides a solution to the policy problem, is more rigorous.The roles researchers adopt influence the quality of an evaluat…
Working in the community with young people who offend
This paper discusses how the ‘at risk’ and ‘what works’ approach that drives the management of youth criminal justice systems produces little knowledge that informs practitioners how best to work with young people who offend and how to design effective crime prevention programmes. An alternative approach that is more informative for the development of effective practices is proposed. This approach prioritises problem-solving and finding out how i…
How Young People Peacefully Challenge Community Norms Embedded With Violence in a Brazilian Favela
Drawing on social disorganisation theories this paper considers what type of voluntary organisation might mediate community social norms in localities with low income where violence is embedded in social institutions and residents appear unable to informally regulate violent crimes. This study describes how the situated logic of one organisation, located in a favela in Brazil, transcends personal ties to the organisation and illustrates how commu…
Sociology (5 works) · Social science (4 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)