Vania Ceccato – författare

Situationsbaserad brottsprevention ger en introduktion till grundläggande kriminologiska perspektiv kring situationens betydelse för brott, rädsla för brott och otrygghet. Boken tar upp hur man kan använda förebyggande strategier för att minska otrygghet och brottsutsatthet.

Boken

Boken är lämplig för högskoleutbildningar inom flera områden - kriminologi, sociologi, stadsplanering, arkitektur, urban geografi – och på polisprogrammet. Den kan även med fördel användas av företag och förvaltningar som berörs av kriminalitetens mångskiftande verkningar.

Om författarna

Charlotta Thodelius är universitetslektor i kriminologi på Akademin för polisiärt arbete, Högskolan i Borås. Hennes forskning har bland annat fokus på relationen mellan individ och miljö, främst platsens och situationens betydelse vid skolvåld, skadehändelser och suicid.

Vania Ceccato är professor vid Arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan i Stockholm. Hon studerar förhållandet mellan den byggda och sociala miljön och människors säkerhet och trygghet i både urbana och rurala miljöer. Vania är även samordnare för Säkraplatser-nätverket som har syftet att sprida kunskap inom situationsbaserad brottsprevention bland praktiker i Sverige.

Jane Jacobs blev känd över världen för sin bok The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Genom boken och sin aktivism på gatunivå i 1960-talets New York blev hon en centralfigur inom stadsplaneringsfrågor och hennes insatser har efter genombrottet ständigt tolkats och debatterats.

Den tidiga berömmelsen verkar emellertid ha överskuggat hennes författarskap trots att det sträcker sig fram till 2004. Jacobs breddade sitt tänkande till att omfatta samhällsbyggandet i dess vidaste mening från ekonomi och ekologi till politik och samhällsfilosofi. Hennes böcker tvingar läsaren att reflektera och vidga sitt synfält. Jacobs är mer aktuell än någonsin i den ovissa värld vi möter idag.

I Samhällsbyggandet som mysterium tar tretton initierade skribenter upp unika aspekter av de brännande frågor hon väcker vad är det som i grunden gör ett samhälle hållbart? Tillsammans tecknar de medverkande för första gången på svenska en nära nog heltäckande bild av Jacobs verksamhet från 1930-tal till 2000-tal, och sätter in hennes arbeten i nutida kontexter. Boken utgör samtidigt en introduktion och guide till Jacobs författarskap som kan inspirera till vidare läsning och upptäckter.

Medverkande:

Ola Andersson. Praktiserande arkitekt och författare, Stockholm.

Vania Ceccato. Professor i samhällsplanering, Stockholm.

Peter Elmlund. Civilekonom och projektledare, Stockholm.

Jill L. Grant. Professor emerita i planering, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Tigran Haas. Lektor och docent i stadsplanering, Stockholm.

Ebba Högström. Lektor i fysisk planering, Nacka och Karlskrona.

Peter L. Laurence. Lektor i arkitektur, Clemson, South Carolina.

Michael W. Mehaffy. Arkitekturforskare, Portland, Oregon.

Jesper Meijling. Forskare och författare, Stockholm.

Eva Minoura. Praktiserande arkitekt,Stockholm.

Saskia Sassen. Professor i sociologi, New York.

Per Svensson. Journalist och författare, Malmö och Stockholm.

Catharina Thörn. Docent i sociologi, Göteborg.

How cities are planned and designed has a major impact on individuals’ mobility and safety. If individuals feel unsafe in public transportation or on the way to it, they may avoid certain routes or particular times of the day. This is problematic, since research has also found that, in some cities, especially those in the Global South, a large percentage of women are "transit captives". Namely, they have relatively less access to non-public forms of transportation and are, therefore, especially reliant on public transport. This issue is important not only because it affects people’s safety but also because it influences the long-term sustainability of a city. In a sustainable city, safety guarantees the ability to move freely for everyone and provides a wider sense of place attachment.

Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities examines the evidence of victimization in transit environments in countries around the world, exploring individuals’ feelings of perceived safety or lack thereof and the necessary improvements that can make transit safer and, hence, cities more sustainable. The book’s contributions are grounded in theories at the crossroads of several disciplines such as environmental criminology, architecture and design, urban planning, geography, psychology, gender and LGBTQI studies, transportation, and law enforcement. International case studies include Los Angeles, Vancouver, Stockholm, London, Paris, São Paulo, Mexico City, Bogotá, Tokyo, Guangzho, Melbourne, and Lagos, among others.

How cities are planned and designed has a major impact on individuals’ mobility and safety. If individuals feel unsafe in public transportation or on the way to it, they may avoid certain routes or particular times of the day. This is problematic, since research has also found that, in some cities, especially those in the Global South, a large percentage of women are "transit captives". Namely, they have relatively less access to non-public forms of transportation and are, therefore, especially reliant on public transport. This issue is important not only because it affects people’s safety but also because it influences the long-term sustainability of a city. In a sustainable city, safety guarantees the ability to move freely for everyone and provides a wider sense of place attachment.

Transit Crime and Sexual Violence in Cities examines the evidence of victimization in transit environments in countries around the world, exploring individuals’ feelings of perceived safety or lack thereof and the necessary improvements that can make transit safer and, hence, cities more sustainable. The book’s contributions are grounded in theories at the crossroads of several disciplines such as environmental criminology, architecture and design, urban planning, geography, psychology, gender and LGBTQI studies, transportation, and law enforcement. International case studies include Los Angeles, Vancouver, Stockholm, London, Paris, São Paulo, Mexico City, Bogotá, Tokyo, Guangzho, Melbourne, and Lagos, among others.

Building on previous work in rural criminology, this book casts a global and comparative look across 19 countries, drawing on themes of crime and victimisation, safety and fear, practices of policing and police trust, and crime prevention practices.

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Chapters 1, 23, 26, 28, and 30 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International license.

Building on previous work in rural criminology, this book casts a global and comparative look across 19 countries, drawing on themes of crime and victimisation, safety and fear, practices of policing and police trust, and crime prevention practices.

Combining reports on survey findings, country case studies, and crosscutting analyses, Crime, Peoples and Places offers empirical, theoretical, and policy-oriented contributions to the field of rural criminology, adopting the notion of a rural-urban continuum that captures the nuances of places of varied nature, spanning from remote and desolate spaces to accessible and connected environments of the urban fringe. The book examines the challenges of areas on the rural-urban continuum that are in constant transformation, given local and global influences, including the most recent developments in countries of the Global South. It identifies commonalities and disparities between different country cases, draws conclusions over global evidence, and highlights how partnerships, collaboration, and unity in crime prevention action can yield dividends for all people, regardless of age, gender, or whether they live in urban or rural areas.

Chapters 1, 23, 26, 28, and 30 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International license.

Jane Jacobs (1916 2006) gained international recognition with her groundbreaking book The Death and Life of Great American Cities and became a prominent political activist. But despite early worldwide attention, she remains unknown to many. Jacobs written work has unusual breadth to it, with eight books ranging from economics and ecology to politics and social philosophy, taking on the whole mystery of society. 

In this anthology, 13 writers consider unique aspects of Jacobs, reassessing her work in the context of our contemporary reality.

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