Spotlight on preventing Juvenile Delinquency – Factsheet #8

This factsheet is based on research conducted by IcARUS for the public report D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research, and it further communicates the learnings related to prevention of juvenile delinquency for improving Urban Security.

Spotlight on Preventing and Reducing Trafficking and Organised Crime – Factsheet #7

This factsheet is based on research conducted by IcARUS for the public report D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research, and it further communicates the learnings related to prevention for reducing traffickind and organized crime, and improving Urban Security.

Spotlight on Preventing Radicalisation leading to Violent Extremism – Factsheet #6

This factsheet is based on research conducted by IcARUS for the public report D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research, and it further communicates the learnings related to prevention of radicalization leading to violent extremism.

IcARUS – Safer Public Spaces with Rotterdam

D2.4 Roadmap for the Improvement and Definition of Tools

Authors: Adam Crawford, Susan Donkin & Christine A. Weirich

The aim of this Roadmap is to provide a guiding analytic framework that highlights strategic principles, design constraints, programme requirements and the parameters to be taken into account in defining, as well as in designing and implementing, urban security tools and strategies.

It seeks to draw out from the descriptive findings of the two Reviews the key prescriptive principles, constraints and guidance that focus on the practical question of: what should be done? It is not intended to serve as a catalogue of ‘pick-and-mix’ practices or tools that might be appropriated, adopted or transferred to new contexts.

This Roadmap should also provide an accessible resource to guide and assist urban security practitioners and policy-makers across Europe in fashioning research-informed, innovative strategies. Hence, where possible, this Roadmap is written to guide practitioners keen to learn from the research knowledge and accumulated best practice experiences. It seeks to provide actionable knowledge with generalisable application. However, it comes with the important caveat, which echoes throughout the State-of-the-Art Review, that all urban security interventions are shaped and their effectiveness influenced by the contexts that sustain them and the implementation processes through which they are enacted and delivered.

It draws directly on the key lessons and insights from the State-of-the-Art Review of the accumulated research knowledge base (Task 2.1) and the Inventory of Tools and Practices (Task 2.2), as well as the Critical Review of ‘What Works’ arising from the IcARUS Consortium workshop held in Berlin on 12-13th April 2022 (Task 2.3).

Investing in Prevention Time to Embrace the Research Evidence – Factsheet #5

This factsheet is based on research conducted by IcARUS for the public report D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research, and it further communicates the learnings related to prevention for decreasing crime and improving Urban Security.

Learning from the past: 30 years of crime prevention and urban security – Factsheet #4

This factsheet is based on research conducted by IcARUS for the public report D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research, and it further communicates the learnings from the past throughout 30 years of crime prevention and urban security.

Using research to inform urban security strategies – Factsheet #3

This factsheet is based on research conducted by IcARUS for the public report D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research, and it further communicates how can research inform the urban security strategies.

D2.1 The Changing Face of Urban Security Research

A Review of Accumulated Learning

Authors: Adam Crawford, Susan Donkin & Christine A. Weirich

The Full Review is intended to provide an overview and analysis of the accumulated knowledge developed through research over the last thirty years of urban security. Particular emphasis is accorded to the four IcARUS focus areas: (1)preventing juvenile delinquency; (2) preventing radicalisation leading to violent extremism; (3) preventing and reducing trafficking and organised crime; and (4) designing and managing safe public spaces.

In addition, specific attention and consideration is given to four cross-cutting themes that animate the IcARUS project: (1) governance and diversification of actors; (2) technological change; (3) gender; and (4) transnational and cross-border issues.

D2.1 Key findings – The Changing Face of Urban Security Research

An Excecutive summary of the Review of Accumulated Learning

Authors: Adam Crawford, Susan Donkin & Christine A. Weirich

The Key Findings provide a summarised overview and analysis of the accumulated knowledge developed through research over the last thirty years of urban security. This document is based on the D2.1 Full Report