Does living in a poor neighbourhood result in network poverty? A study on local networks, locality-based relationships and neighbourhood settings

This paper examines whether and how living in a poor neighbourhood results in "network poverty". Through a detailed analysis of the formation of personal networks of people living in a poor neighbourhood and those living in an affluent neighbourhood in Rotterdam, I examine the role of the neighbourhood in the formation of personal networks. I address three issues. First, whether resource-poor people who live in a poor neighbourhood form relationships with fellow-residents to compensate for their otherwise small network. I find that they do not and that their small network is primarily caused by non-participation in settings such as study, work, leisure and associations. Second, I distinguish locally maintained relationships that have originated in other settings from locality-based relationships that originated in the neighbourhood. The study shows that high network localness is more a matter of maintaining relationships in the neighbourhood than forming many new locality-based relationships with fellow-residents. Third, I examine how the neighbourhood facilitates relationship formation and conclude that this happens not in "the neighbourhood" but in neighbourhood settings, which attract a particular segment of a neighbourhood population. I conclude that the problem of network poverty is not in the first place spatial but rather lies in lack of participation in certain settings. Furthermore, social mixing policies can only be successful if they are accompanied by initiatives to draw a mixed population to neighbourhood settings and facilitate routine encounters between resource-rich and resource-poor people

Inclusion and exclusion through risk-based justice

As the use of risk-based practices has proliferated in many jurisdictions, justice-involved individuals are often subjected to multiple risk assessments at various moments and with different purposes as they move through the criminal justice system. This article examines the ways in which different risk-based practices are combined and evaluates these combinations in terms of inclusion and exclusion of marginalized offender categories. By understanding risk-based practices in terms of the distribution of resources, the article conceptualizes how the accumulation of bias could exacerbate exclusionary effects and how contradictory risk-informed decisions could undermine inclusionary interventions. Understanding the interplay of different risk-based practices is essential for the practical and ethical judgement of risk-based justice

Klassenverschillen in Nederland: percepties, ontkenning en moraliteit

Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, accountability, and effectivit

Good Neighbours in Bad Neighbourhoods: Narratives of Dissociation and Practices of Neighbouring in a 'Problem' Place

Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, accountability, and effectivit

Sociaaleconomische ongelijkheid en het strafrecht: aanzet tot discussie

Recent sociological research and socio-political debates about socioeconomic inequality and social divisions urge legal scholars, criminologists, policy makers and practitioners to have a renewed discussion about the role of socioeconomic status of suspects and offenders in judicial decisions. If social divisions in Dutch society are deepening, we need to look anew at the possibility that injustices of the social structure affect legal rights and decisions about prosecution, sentencing and probation. This article intends to offer various starting points for debate and research.Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, accountability, and effectivit

Collectieve afkeer en protest in neoliberaal Engeland

Criminal Justice: Legitimacy, accountability, and effectivit

De buurt bindt niet: buren kunnen geen culturele verschillen overbruggen

Het is een veelvuldig geuite zorg: bewoners uit ‘oude wijken’ en de ‘multi-etnische buurten’ hebben nauwelijks contact met elkaar. De ‘oorspronkelijke’ autochtone bewoners zouden wantrouwend staan tegenover de verkleuring van hun buurt, en taalbarrières verhinderen eventuele toenaderingspogingen. Maar als je dat onderzoekt, dan blijken bewoners van multietnische buurten helemaal niet minder contacten te onderhouden dan in andere buurten. Voor het bevorderen van ‘overbruggende relaties’ vormt de buurt desondanks geen geschikt podium