TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - The position of young people in community safety: a search for possible explanations
JO  - Safer communities
A1  - Cops, Diederik
SP  - 14
EP  - 20
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
N2  - In the rhetoric and practice of community safety a paradox can be identified: despite the rhetoric of inclusivity and active citizenship, it appears that the views and interests of youth are largely ignored. Young people appear largely as a source of danger and fear of crime, leading to policy measures aimed at controlling and containing youth. There are four possible reasons for this: crime victim survey characteristics; a lack of political interest; youth as the inverse of the 'ideal victim'; and young people as social scapegoats.<p /> 
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SN  - 1757-8043
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17578043200900024
ID  - ref1
ER  -