> Dear All
> Please find below a call for papers which may be of interest to list
> members.
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
>
>
> Securing the Urban Renaissance:
> Policing, Community and Disorder
> Thursday & Friday, 16-17 June 2005
> The Teacher Building
> 14-16 St Enoch Square
> Glasgow
> G1 4DB
>
>
> Creating the conditions for an 'Urban Renaissance' has become a central
> aspect of the future vision for British cities and towns. Primarily this
> has been seen as a process of physical and social revitalisation,
> particularly for those areas suffering from concentrated disadvantage and
> poor environmental quality. However, the links between the urban
> renaissance and an environment conducive to feelings of safety have also
> become an essential component of strategies promoting physical change and
> economic development. In short, securing an urban renaissance requires
> inclusive forms of policing and security that may drive the confidence of
> local residents as well as potential investors in urban locations.
> Much of the current political project is based on ideas of community and
> social cohesion, both as social agents as well as the goal of
> regeneration. These concerns are evident in a sustained focus on crime
> control, policing, security and safety within urban spaces with disorder
> and anti-social behaviour firmly at the top of plans to bring 'civility'
> back to city centres and neighbourhoods. With public, academic and policy
> attention centring on initiatives such as crime reduction partnerships,
> Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs), various warden programmes and
> disorder in residential neighbourhoods and city centres, this conference
> will explore critically the connections, linkages and assumptions
> underpinning these policy programmes.
> The conference will provide a place for discussion and the development of
> our understanding of policies, theories and practices surrounding:
> firstly, an 'urban renaissance' to inject new vitality to British (as well
> as European) urban cores; and, secondly, issues of policing, community and
> disorder in urban spaces.
> In particular, the conference will consist of plenary sessions and
> workshops on themes to include:
> * Urban Renaissance and crime control: city centre crime as business
> crime; the night-time economy and crime; quality-of-life offences and
> anti-social behaviour in city centres and neighbourhoods;
> * Placing the Urban Renaissance across the city: neighbourhood change,
> city centre living and varying community safety agendas;
> * Community safety as tool for social inclusion and social justice or
> surveillance, displacement and exclusion of 'the usual suspects';
> * Theories, strategies and assumptions of 'Securing the Urban
> Renaissance': communitarianism, responsibilisation and 'fixing broken
> windows';
> * Practices and policies of policing and social regulation in urban
> spaces.
>
> Confirmed keynote speakers include Adam Crawford, Leeds; Lynn Hancock,
> Open University; Mike Raco, Reading; and Kevin Stenson, Buckinghamshire.
>
> Call for Papers
> Abstracts of 250 words for proposed presentations on these or related
> themes should be sent to Gesa Helms ([log in to unmask]) or Rowland
> Atkinson ([log in to unmask]).
>
> We strongly encourage current or recently submitted research students to
> send in abstracts.
>
> Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 March 2005
>
> Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, 25 Bute Gardens,
> Glasgow, G12 8RS; Tel: +44(0)141 330 5048; Fax +44(0)141 330 4983
>
> For further information, see also
> <http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/urbanstudies/events/urbrenconf.html>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Dr Gesa Helms
> Department of Urban Studies University of Glasgow
> 25 Bute Gardens Glasgow G12 8RS Scotland
> phone +44(0)141 3304615 (direct)/3305048 (office)
> fax +44(0)141 3304983
> email [log in to unmask]
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