NCJ Number
208742
Journal
British Journal of Criminology Volume: 45 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2005 Pages: 98-112
Editor(s)
Geoffrey Pearson
Date Published
January 2005
Length
15 pages
Annotation
After obtaining data from a study in Cardiff between 2000 and 2002, this paper examines the community crime prevention initiative, Street Watch in Grangetown, Cardiff which operates to remove street prostitutes from the area patrolled.
Abstract
An offshoot of Neighborhood Watch, the Street Watch program in Grangetown, Cardiff was implemented as a civilian/police partnership with activities focused entirely on a single illegal activity, street prostitution. This paper examined Street Watch using data from a study carried out in Cardiff between 2000 and 2002. The paper examined the program’s inadequate community/democratic representation, the arbitrary focus on street prostitution, and the exclusionary consequences of that strategy. In addition, the paper examined the tenuous police-civilian partnership. The paper reveals a failure in the partnership in terms of both the underlying ethos upon which Street Watch was legitimated politically, and the adequacy of police supervision and regulatory control in its practical incarnation. The paper locates the practices of Grangetown Street Watch with community-based crime prevention strategies that are broader than that of the existing Street Watch police-civilian partnership project. References