Drawing on data from 340 municipalities in the Netherlands as well
as ethnographic fieldwork, this book presents original research on
neighbourhood watch groups to illustrate how their actions
contribute to collective efficacy and lower crime levels.
Technological developments like social media and smartphones have
changed the landscape of coproduction in public safety, and this
book addresses the resultant issues involved with creating
effective policy. While digital innovations and securitization have
made neighbourhood watch groups effective, they have simultaneously
increased the risk of vigilantism, and Lub reveals how
stigmatization, ethnic profiling and excessive social control are
very real issues, especially in suburban middle-class districts.
Crucially, this study raises questions about how the increasing
popularity of community crime prevention in a digital age should be
framed: as a welcome civic contribution to crime control, or as a
social phenomenon adding to an undesirable culture of control.
Criminologists, city officials, policy makers and anyone studying
neighbourhood activism will find this a fascinating work on crime
control.
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