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Beschreven wordt de ervaring in het werken aan veiligheid. Het aspect sociale veiligheid wordt vanuit alle mogelijke kanten belicht: vanuit het proces (van initiatief tot en met beheer), vanuit alle partijen die te maken kunnen hebben met veiligheid (van architecten tot en met verzekeraars), vanuit het product (veiligheid als kwaliteit van een omgeving) en op alle schaalniveaus (landschap, stedenbouw, interieur, product). Aan de hand van een set vuistregels en mogelijke maatregelen laat men zien wat ontwerpers en beheerders allemaal op dit gebied kunnen doen. 8180 HAND

Analysis of the role that the immediate environment plays in the occurrence of a crime.  Divided into three parts, it gives anoverview of the development of environmental criminology as a discipline through its origins in spatial criminology. It examines social disorganization theory, which explains criminal activity with reference to the characteristics of the community that delinquents live in. It then discusses the ecology of crime with reference to macroenvironments and microenvironments. The next section introduces concepts such as routine activity theory, the geometric theory of crime, the rational choice theory of offending, and crime pattern theory. The last part focuses on the concept of crime prevention, examines the idea of altering the environment in order to prevent crime, and discusses situational crime factors and efforts to reduce the opportunities for crimes to be committed. It considers the impact of routine activities on crime prevention initiatives and advocates a flexible approach to crime prevention based on the dynamic nature of our environment. It concludes with a chapter outlining how environmental criminology has evolved in recent years and provides a future outlook on where it may be headed. 4870 CLAS

Like other West European countries, the Netherlands are facing a growing uneasiness about its changing demographics. It is within this context that animated discussions concerning immigrant neighbourhoods dominate. The general opinion is that living in such neighbourhoods hinders the 'integration' of immigrants into Dutch society. This book contributes to the academic and policy debate by not only examining the effects of ethnic concentration, but also by finding out how people are sorted into neighbourhoods. Offers a more holistic view of the creation of ethnic residential segregation and its potential significance for individual life chances.