The perception, impact & handling of feelings of insecurity


Professor Caroline L. Davey
University of Salford
Andrew B. Wootton
University of Salford

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Marc Coester
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin

Abstract:
Outbreaks of feelings of insecurity may result in citizens openly protesting that they feel unsafe — for example, through public demonstrations, public meetings or on social media. Public authorities might assume the problem facing citizens is one of actual crime victimisation. However, factors influencing perceptions of insecurity may have little or nothing to do with the experience of crime victimisation. Policymakers and practitioners need to better understand and address factors impacting citizens' feelings of insecurity. Interventions should be based on a systematic understanding of insecurity causal factors. An ill-considered response (for example, deploying more uniformed officers to the area) that is insensitive to the problem context, has the potential to not only fail to solve the problem, but may even make it worse. To support practitioners and security policymakers in better understanding and addressing citizens’ feelings of insecurity, the Cutting Crime Impact (CCI) project developed the CCI Feelings of Unsafety Lifecycle model as a conceptual framework.
CCI also supported a number of law enforcement agencies to better understand and address citizens’ feelings of insecurity. This led to the development of Tools tailored to their context to help end-users identify the responses required, and support the process of planning and taking action.
Professor Caroline L. Davey, University of Salford
Professor Caroline L. Davey
Caroline L. Davey is Professor of Design, Innovation & Society and Director of the Design Against Crime Solution Centre — a unique design research partnership with Greater Manchester Police, the Landeskriminalamt Niedersachsen (DE) and DSP-groep b.v. (NL). Her background is in Organisational Psychology.

For over 20 years, Caroline has led research into the use of evidence-based design to create human-centred product and service solutions to societal challenges. She is currently leading the €3m European Commission funded research programme Cutting Crime Impact (CCI). CCI is working with six law enforcement agencies across Europe — including the Dutch and Estonian national police forces, Lisbon Police, German police in Lower Saxony and Spanish police in Catalonia (www.cuttingcrimeimpact.eu).

Caroline is also part of the IcARUS Innovative Approaches to Urban Security consortium (www.icarus-innovation.eu)

Caroline has published widely on the use of human-centred design to address issues related to social responsibility, and was invited to author a volume of Gower's seminal Socially Responsible Design series. Design Against Crime: A human-centred approach to safety and security outlines the development of Design Against Crime in the UK, and its wider impact on design research, practice and policy across Europe (https://tinyurl.com/askdzxfz)
Andrew B. Wootton, University of Salford
 Andrew B. Wootton
Andrew B. Wootton is Director of the Design Against Crime Solution Centre — a unique design research partnership with Greater Manchester Police, the Landeskriminalamt Niedersachsen (DE) and DSP-groep b.v. (NL). His background is in human-centred design.

For over 20 years, Andrew has led research into the use of evidence-based design to create human-centred product and service solutions to societal challenges. He is currently leading the €3m European Commission funded research programme Cutting Crime Impact (CCI). CCI is working with six law enforcement agencies across Europe — including the Dutch and Estonian national police forces, Lisbon Police, German police in Lower Saxony and Spanish police in Catalonia (www.cuttingcrimeimpact.eu).

Andrew is also a Director of ProtectED CIC – a non-profit organisation to improve the safety, security and wellbeing of university students in the UK (www.protect-ed.org).

Andrew has published widely on the use of human-centred design to address issues related to social responsibility, and was invited to author a volume of Gower's seminal Socially Responsible Design series. Design Against Crime: A human-centred approach to safety and security outlines the development of Design Against Crime in the UK, and its wider impact on design research, practice and policy across Europe (https://tinyurl.com/askdzxfz).


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