This innovative and pioneering new book sets out to establish the links between crime reduction and the law: to analyze how the law contributes to a decrease in crime. Providing a detailed and sustained analysis, "Crime Reduction and the Law "offers a thorough guide to many of the most contemporary and pressing concerns in the field of crime reduction. It offers a consideration of the social policy, politics and legislation that surround and drive the crime reduction agenda. In particular, and uniquely, this book provides a detailed and sustained analysis of how specific legislation and the...

This innovative and pioneering new book establishes links between crime reduction and the law, uniquely  offering a detailed  examination of how specific legislation and performance targets aid or undermine attempts at crime reduction.

Providing a sustained analysis, this ground-breaking book considers  the social policy, politics and legislation that surround and drive the crime reduction agenda. It analyzes:

• the creation of 'safe environments' through Town and Country Planning legislation
• the role of local authorities in crime reduction...

Consideringthe questionof howlevels of security allow state power to beincreased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive andthe unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressive use of state power."

Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this bookexplores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security."

Homelessness among women is a major issue across Europe, especially in the current climate of weak economies and government austerity. The first book to concentrate specifically on women s homelessness, this book draws on data from an EU-funded study that looked at homeless women sleeping on the streets across the European Union. Arguing that there are currently little or no specific provisions for helping this vulnerable and hard-to-reach group, the authors offer a close look at what effective policies might be, what strategies and services could be deployed, and, in particular, how...