RT Article
T1 Crime and fear in Hollygrove – building neighbourhood resilience
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 44
IS 4
SP 335
OP 352
A1 Mihinjac, Mateja
A2 Saville, Gregory
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1787851591
AB This chapter describes a case study in social capacity building from the New Orleans neighbourhood of Hollygrove following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Using an action research case study approach, we describe the journey of Hollygrove residents in rebuilding their neighbourhood, focusing on a ten-year period beginning with initial community initiatives in 2008 that led to SafeGrowth training workshop in 2009 and subsequent programming in the following years. The SafeGrowth programmes equipped the resident teams with problem-solving and leadership skills, after which they enacted a series of projects to cut crime and fear. Their newfound skills helped build their capacity to resolve crime problems and facilitate community development. They also discovered how to collaborate with municipal partners to sustain their success and overcome long-standing quality of life issues. We demonstrate how the action research praxis inherent within SafeGrowth offers power for problem-solving and community empowerment, thereby creating a more resilient neighbourhood.
K1 CPTED
K1 SafeGrowth
K1 Action Research
K1 Case study
K1 Collective practice
K1 Hurricane Katrina
K1 Neighbourhood capacity building
DO 10.1080/01924036.2020.1719534