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Volume 25,
Issue 2,
20 February 2026
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An interdisciplinary and international journal, Safer Communities publishes scholarly and practitioner-based research on the range of topics that constitute community safety, community justice and youth justice.

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Decoding the urban slums and crime connection: a bibliometric insight into global research trends
Impact of political affiliation on mental health and vulnerabilities with risk of violence among youth: insight from the global perspective
“We struggle…it comes down to so many different things”: violent crime in a deprived seaside town on England’s east coast
When lies go viral: social media and the 2024 UK riots
Rural banditry and structural marginalization in Nigeria: a critical political economy of the rural-crime-banditry nexus
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August 14 2025
“Vulnerable and easily influenced”: examining the vulnerabilities and susceptibilities associated with the engagement of young Australians in extremism
Emma Colvin, Kristy Campion
August 07 2025
Transcending the prison walls through transformative learning: the Australian Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program
Marietta Martinovic, Kate Kennedy et al.
July 01 2025
A CPTED audit tool to assess crime and safety in town centres
Natalee Cairns, Emily Moir et al.
March 04 2025
Changes in disorder and fear of crime in a disadvantaged neighbourhood following the implementation of a BID organisation
Jennie Di Rocco, Karl Kronkvist et al.
December 24 2024
“The community supporting the community … that’s where its strength is”: exploring the contemporary position of Neighbourhood Watch in the United Kingdom
Melissa Pepper, Karen Bullock

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