RT Article
T1 Neighbourhood watch: mechanisms and moral implications
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 58
IS 4
SP 906
OP 924
A1 Lub, Vasco 1978-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1578406811
AB Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in the Netherlands, this article illustrates how neighbourhood watch schemes contribute to lower crime levels, advancing criminological theory on community crime prevention. The plausibility of assumed neighbourhoods watch mechanisms varies according to the social status of the area in which a scheme operates. The article further shows how this form of community crime prevention is not without moral implications. Exacerbated by the increasing popularity of digital surveillance techniques and securitization sentiments among active residents, stigmatization, ethnic profiling and excessive social control are real issues, particularly in relatively safe suburban areas. Some principles are proposed to limit excessive responses of watch groups.
K1 Neighbourhood  watch
K1 Community  crime  prevention
K1 Crime  control
K1 Vigilantism
K1 Securitization
K1 Digilantism
DO 10.1093/bjc/azx058