Bradford, Benjamin;
Girling, Evi;
Loader, Ian;
Sparks, Richard;
(2025)
‘Seeing disorder’ in an English Town.
Criminology & Criminal Justice (CCJ)
(In press).
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Abstract
Perceptions of low-level social and physical disorder loom large in criminological theory and research. When disorder seems high, trust in authorities is eroded, concerns about crime precipitated, and a general sense of unease develops. In this paper we use fine-grained survey data from a medium-sized town in the north of England to consider why some people experience their environment as disorderly while others do not. People are more likely (than others living in the same locality) to identify disorder as a problem when (a) they feel let down or abandoned by local and national authorities; (b) they are in an economically precarious situation; (c) they have been recent victims of crime and (d) when they are dissatisfied with the place they live. These findings illuminate the social and structural factors than underpin perceptions of disorder and, consequently, wider concerns about crime, institutions and social change.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | ‘Seeing disorder’ in an English Town |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/criminolo... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Disorder; place; neighbourhood concerns; local security survey. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10208017 |
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