Crime Prevention by Exclusion

Sebastian Jon Holmen is Postdoctoral Fellow, Roskilde University. He works on the research project SITE (Situational Crime Prevention and Ethics) supported by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. Holmen has published in philosophical journals including Criminal Justice Ethics, Res Publica, Journal of Medical Ethics, Neuroethics and Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics. Thomas Søbirk Petersen is Professor of Bioethics and Criminal Justice Ethics, Roskilde University. Petersen has published in philosophical journals including AI and Ethics, Bioethics, Criminal Law and Philosophy, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Neuroethics, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Ethics, Journal of Global Ethics, Journal of Medical Ethics, Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Res Publica and Theoria. Jesper Ryberg is Professor of Ethics and Philosophy of Law, Roskilde University and Head of Research Group for Criminal Justice Ethics. He has published in philosophical journals including Criminal Law and Philosophy, Philosophical Papers, Theoria, The Philosophical Quarterly, Res Publica, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Social Theory and Practice, Journal of Medical Ethics, Journal of Ethics, Neuroethics, Analysis and Utilitas.

Introduction. Crime Prevention by Exclusion: Setting the Scene
Sebastian Jon Holmen, Thomas Søbirk Petersen and Jesper Ryberg

1 Assessing Exclusionary Modes of Crime Reduction
Zachary Hoskins

2 Crime Distribution and State Obligations
Jesper Ryberg

3 The Wrongness of Preventive Exclusion
David Birks

4 ‘A Disproportionate and Degrading Approach that Acts without Discrimination’? The Expressive Dimension of Exclusionary Crime Prevention Techniques
Christopher Bennett

5 Homelessness, Poverty, and the Limits of Preventive Exclusion
Terry Skolnik

6 Using Situational Crime Prevention or Getting to the Root Causes of Crime?: An Ethical Question
Thomas Søbirk Petersen

7 Gated Communities, Social Exclusion, and the Right to Basic Security
Richard Lippke

8 Gated Communities and Discrimination Against the Poor
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

9 Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Is the State Justified in Using Selective Exclusion as Punishment?
Katrina Sifferd

10 The Ethics and Politics of Nudges and Niches: A Critical Analysis of Exclusionary Environmental Designs
Lucy Osler, Bart Engelen, and Alfred Archer

11 Homelessness and the Use of Music in Crime Prevention
Hadessa Noorda

12 ‘Hanging Out and Sleeping on the Ground’: Acoustic Environments, Rationality, and the Minimal Account of Permissible Means of Crime Prevention
Sebastian Jon Holmen