Le partenariat dans la prevention du crime en milieu urbain: les defis d'une culture a consolider.

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Le partenariat dans la prevention du crime en milieu urbain: les defis d'une culture a consolider.

Crime prevention partnerships are an increasingly popular approach in the co-production of community safety. However, there is some confusion about and improper use of the term "partnership." To clarify this concept, this study defines partnership and what distinguishes it from other collaborative approaches. Quebec's leading crime prevention experts were surveyed to get feedback on their perceptions and experiences of the partnership approach. The analysis of the survey results indicates that multidisciplinary partnerships provide greater access to resources and clients, promote networking among partners, improve the results of actions, and provide a more complete safety diagnosis. Certain conditions also facilitate the development and function of partnerships. However, the small amount of time usually allotted to consolidating the partnership approach, changing structures, organizational cultures that are difficult to reconcile, and the precarious financial position of organizations are factors that may harm partnerships. In the current socio-political context, the number of crime prevention partnerships will increase even though important basic conditions must first be met. Major issues remain and will influence debates on new partnerships, especially the lack of accountability of partnership associations and the exhaustion of organizations that, in a climate of insecurity, continue to be solicited for new partnerships. Thus, the partnership approach brings a series of challenges for the players in crime prevention.

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La question de la prevention de la criminalite en milieu urbain est devenue une preoccupation partagee par un plus grand nombre d'acteurs sociaux. La prevention de la criminalite s'est graduellement transformee en une approche plus globale de la securite des collectivites, celle-ci etant conceptualisee comme un bien collectif (Crawford 1998 ; Shaw 2001). En accord avec cette vision, la securite collective est coproduite par les ressources et les reseaux de plusieurs secteurs d'activites, ce qui se concretise principalement par des partenariats intersectoriels. Le terme de partenariat est d'ailleurs devenu un << buzzword >>, un...

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