Changing environments to promote safety in libraries

IF 2 3区 社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY European Journal of Criminology Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI:10.1177/14773708231213157
Vania Ceccato, B. Ariel, Emrah Ercin, Adriana Sampaio, Julia Hazanov, Sara Elfström
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The purpose of this article is to investigate how changes in the environment of a library affect the safety conditions of both visitors and staff. Using principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, crime and incidents of public disturbance from 2017 to 2020 from libraries in Stockholm, Sweden, are analyzed and later mapped using 3D models in CAD. These findings are inspected via fieldwork visits and then compared with answers from a safety survey with library visitors ( N = 112) and interviews with library personnel ( N = 6). Analysis of variance shows that crime and incidents of public disturbance decrease after these interventions, with clear impacts on their geography. A third of visitors indicate that there have been fewer problems after changes in the library are introduced while staff suggests that training prepares them to manage conflict situations more efficiently. The study concludes with a critical assessment of the methodology and makes suggestions to improve safety conditions in libraries.
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改变环境,促进图书馆安全
本文旨在研究图书馆环境的变化如何影响游客和工作人员的安全状况。文章采用 "通过环境设计预防犯罪 "的原则,分析了瑞典斯德哥尔摩图书馆 2017 年至 2020 年期间发生的犯罪和扰乱公共秩序事件,随后使用 CAD 三维模型绘制了地图。通过实地考察这些发现,然后将其与图书馆访客安全调查(112 人)和图书馆工作人员访谈(6 人)的答案进行比较。方差分析显示,在采取这些干预措施后,犯罪和扰乱公共秩序事件有所减少,对其地理位置产生了明显影响。三分之一的来访者表示,图书馆发生变化后,问题减少了,而工作人员则表示,培训使他们能够更有效地处理冲突情况。研究最后对方法进行了批判性评估,并提出了改善图书馆安全条件的建议。
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European Journal of Criminology
European Journal of Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Criminology is a refereed journal published by SAGE publications and the European Society of Criminology. It provides a forum for research and scholarship on crime and criminal justice institutions. The journal published high quality articles using varied approaches, including discussion of theory, analysis of quantitative data, comparative studies, systematic evaluation of interventions, and study of institutions of political process. The journal also covers analysis of policy, but not description of policy developments. Priority is given to articles that are relevant to the wider Europe (within and beyond the EU) although findings may be drawn from other parts of the world.
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