Abstract
![CDATA[Debates about night time leisure and crime reflect the contradiction between stimulation and regulation as twin strategies for policing, security and governance in cities competing for status as desirable cosmopolitan locations of nocturnal leisure. In the United Kingdom, the mix of industrial closure and rapid deregulation of the liquor industry, the rise of a poorly-regulated private security sector with bouncer violence and illegal activity in pubs and clubs, all contributed to the startling rise of a problematic night-time economy in many towns and cities. These concerns have been echoed in Sydney-based debates about disorder, late licensing hours, assaults in listed venues, regulation and behaviour of nightclub security, problems with transport and safety, and the increased resource pressures on police and emergency/medical services at night. A high proportion of revellers, night-time leisure workers and nearby residents are apprehensive about perceived rudeness and incivility as signs of serious threat and personal danger but hold individualised notions of risk management. Furthermore, the recent history of deregulation and divided policy making in relation to crime, violence and Sydney’s nightlife signal the limits of social governance by fragmented neo-liberal states.]]
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 5th Annual Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference Proceedings: July 7 and 8, 2011, James Cook University, Cairns Campus |
Publisher | James Cook University |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780980857245 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Event | Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference - Duration: 7 Jul 2011 → … |
Conference
Conference | Australian and New Zealand Critical Criminology Conference |
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Period | 7/07/11 → … |
Keywords
- crime
- leisure
- violence
- neoliberalism
- nightlife
- Sydney (N.S.W.)