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Editorial JOHN PITTS AND CHRIS FOX Editors JOHN PITTS CHRIS FOX is a Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has directed many local and national evaluation projects with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Chris is a Fellow at wide range of evaluation projects. He is also a trustee This edition of Safer Communities focuses upon explicit implications for policy and practice, they are concerned primarily with exploring the ways we think about gangs and challenging some of the taken-forgranted assumptions that inform policy and practice in this area. will build upon the experience of gang-involved and responses to their plight in order to identify ‘best statutory and voluntary agencies can be increased to enable them to respond effectively to these often highly vulnerable girls and young women. found in the early childhood experiences of damaged He argues that because, increasingly, these kinds of explanations are invoking new developments in appears more robust than perhaps it really is, they are attracting substantial funding from governments and other bodies eager to find a plausible solution. have nothing to do with gang violence, he commends a more measured, comprehensive, approach to the problem that addresses a broader http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Safer Communities Pier Professional

Editorial

Pitts, John; Fox, Chris
Safer Communities , Volume 8 (2) – Apr 1, 2009
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JOHN PITTS AND CHRIS FOX Editors JOHN PITTS CHRIS FOX is a Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has directed many local and national evaluation projects with a focus on crime and criminal justice. Chris is a Fellow at wide range of evaluation projects. He is also a trustee This edition of Safer Communities focuses upon explicit implications for policy and practice, they are concerned primarily with exploring the ways we think about gangs and challenging some of the taken-forgranted assumptions that inform policy and practice in this area. will build upon the experience of gang-involved and responses to their plight in order to identify ‘best statutory and voluntary agencies can be increased to enable them to respond effectively to these often highly vulnerable girls and young women. found in the early childhood experiences of damaged He argues that because, increasingly, these kinds of explanations are invoking new developments in appears more robust than perhaps it really is, they are attracting substantial funding from governments and other bodies eager to find a plausible solution. have nothing to do with gang violence, he commends a more measured, comprehensive, approach to the problem that addresses a broader

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