{"id":2107,"date":"2019-11-27T09:54:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T23:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2019-11-27T10:04:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:04:58","slug":"guardianship-in-action-among-brisbane-suburban-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/gci-insights\/2019\/11\/27\/guardianship-in-action-among-brisbane-suburban-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardianship in action among Brisbane suburban residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.griffith.edu.au\/8098-emily-moir\">Emily Moir<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This brief is based on the following paper: Moir, E., Reynald, D., Hart, T., &amp; Stewart, A. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1057\/s41284-019-00210-9#citeas\">Guardianship in action among Brisbane suburban residents: environmental facilitators of guardianship intensity and the influence of living in a Queenslander<\/a>. <em>Security Journal<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41284-019-00210-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What problem does your research address? Why is\nthis significant?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When we\nthink of who is responsible for crime prevention, many people would probably\nfirst think of the police. However, police have finite resources and cannot be\nat all places at all times. Instead neighbourhood residents (or guardians) can\nbe used to help prevent and control crime in the areas they live (Reynald,\n2009). Residents can act as guardians by supervising their surroundings and\nintervening (either by confronting the person directly or calling neighbours or\nthe police for help) when they see something unusual or suspicious. Prior\nresearch has found that crime is lower in areas with higher levels of\nresidential guardianship (Reynald, 2011; Hollis-Peel &amp; Welsh, 2014). The\npurpose of this research was to explore how design features of Australian suburban\nproperties and streets can help maximise opportunities for residents to act as\nguardians to enhance community safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did you conduct your research?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Observations\nof 279 properties across two suburbs in Brisbane were conducted. Guardianship\nactivity was measured by observing whether (1) resident\/s were present in their\nhome, (2) resident\/s were watching over their surroundings, and (3) resident\/s\nintervened with observers and asked what they were doing during. Further,\nobservers measured several property and street level characteristics including\ncues of ownership (territoriality), fencing, security measures, how well the\nproperty was looked after, the number of visible windows, and how accessible\nand busy the street was.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are your major findings?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Observations\nfound that approximately 28% of residents who were at home acted as guardians\nby watching over their street. When these residents were monitoring what was\nhappening around them, just under half then went on to ask one of the observers\nwhat they were doing (i.e., intervened with someone unfamiliar\/potentially\nsuspicious). Brisbane residents were more active at guarding their area than\nU.S. residents (Hollis, Fenimore, Caballero &amp; Hankhouse, 2019; Hollis-Peel,\nWelsh &amp; Reynald, 2012), but not as vigilant as the Dutch (Reynald, 2009).\nImportantly, results show that the number of windows on a house and signs of\nownership were associated with higher levels of guardianship by Brisbane\nresidents and guardianship was lower on streets that were more accessible by\nvehicles. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What does your research mean for policy and\npractice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nfindings of this study suggest that housing and street design can impact levels\nof crime control exhibited by residents. When opportunities for surveillance\nare maximised through where and how windows are positioned on a house,\nresidents can easily act as guardians and keep an eye out for anything\nsuspicious happening on their street. Further, when residents feel a sense of\nownership, they are more likely to protect their property through guardianship\nand crime control. Overall, opportunities for crime and crime control need to\nbe considered when planning and designing residential areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>References<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Reynald,\nD.M. (2009). Guardianship in action: Developing a new tool for measurement<em>. Crime Prevention and Community Safety,\n<\/em>11(1), 1\u201320.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reynald,\nD.M. (2011). Factors associated with the guardianship of places: Assessing the\nrelative importance of the spatio-physical and sociodemographic contexts in\ngenerating opportunities for capable guardianship. <em>Journal of Research in\nCrime and Delinquency,<\/em> 48(1), 110\u2013142.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollis,\nM.E., D.M. Fenimore, M. Caballero, and S. Hankhouse. (2019). Examining\nguardianship in action in Waco, Texas. <em>Crime Prevention and Community\nSafety,<\/em> 21(1), 68-80. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollis-Peel,\nM.E., D.M. Reynald, and B. Welsh. (2012). Guardianship and crime: An international\ncomparative study of guardianship in action. <em>Crime, Law and Social Change,<\/em>\n58(1), 1\u201314.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollis-Peel,\nM.E., and B. Welsh. (2014). What makes a guardian capable? A test of\nguardianship in action. <em>Security Journal,<\/em> 27(3), 320\u2013337.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emily Moir This brief is based on the following paper: Moir, E., Reynald, D., Hart, T., &amp; Stewart, A. (2019). Guardianship in action among Brisbane suburban residents: environmental facilitators of guardianship intensity and the influence of living in a Queenslander. Security Journal, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41284-019-00210-9. What problem does your research address? Why is this significant? 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