Ecologies of Security

Ian Loader is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford.Richard Sparks is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the University of Edinburgh.Evi Girling is Research Associate at the University of Oxford.Ben Bradford is Professor of Global City Policing at University College London.

• Introduction: Local Security, Planetary Futures1. A Brief History of Ecology (And Crime)2. New Ecologies of Security3. Socio-Natural Harmscapes4. Erosion of Public Things5. Driving Disorder6. Ecological Governance of PlaceConclusion: On Earthly Security

'In an era of fast outputs, this book showcases the rewards of sustained research in a single place—returning 25 years later to Macclesfield to uncover how both the town and our wider world have changed. Ian Loader, Richard Sparks, Evi Girling and Ben Bradford reveal how town residents' concerns about disorder now reflect wider environmental degradations in ways they could not have anticipated in their earlier study. Drawing on rich ethnography and analytical re-description of key themes, they demonstrate that security and liveability are inseparable from the health of our socio-natural environment. This book issues a vital call to ‘ecologise security’—a major contribution to criminology and an essential guide for anyone thinking about care, responsibility, and action in a climate-changed world.' Insa Lee Koch, University of Sankt Gallen