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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Prevailing community insecurity

Prevailing community insecurity

Unpresentable
  • Insecure neighbourhoods

Broader

Social insecurity
Presentable
Breakdown in community security systems
Presentable

Narrower

Mistrust of strangers
Excellent
Vandalism
Presentable
Illegal occupation of unoccupied property
Presentable
Violence against shopkeepers
Unpresentable
Terrorism targeted against tourists
Unpresentable
Locales of high crime rates
Unpresentable
Excessive community crime
Unpresentable
Pusillanimity
Yet to rate
Fear of police
Yet to rate
Distrust of storekeepers
Yet to rate
Decreasing park safety
Yet to rate
Dangerous paths
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Deteriorating quality of life
Excellent
Theft of works of art
Presentable
Felt community powerlessness
Presentable
Decline of street life
Presentable
Unprotected commercial establishments
Unpresentable
Scarce options for involvement in cultural activities
Yet to rate
Parochial preoccupation with community problems
Yet to rate
Fear of personal insecurity
Yet to rate
Excessive caution
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Unformed pattern of cooperative action
Presentable
Overtrafficked residential streets
Presentable
Neighbourhood control by criminals
Presentable
Ineffective legislation against organized crime
Presentable
Breakdown of local community cohesion
Presentable
Insecurity of property
Unpresentable
Demonstrations
Unpresentable
Limited control of environment by local communities
Yet to rate
Isolated village mentality
Yet to rate
Inadequate community policing
Yet to rate

Strategy

Providing community security
Yet to rate
Maintaining social order
Yet to rate
Detaining prisoners for criminal offences
Yet to rate

Value

Security
Yet to rate
Insecurity
Yet to rate
Community
Yet to rate
Anticommunity
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
D9044
DOCID
11490440
D7NID
145252
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/prevailing-community-insecurity
Last update
Oct 4, 2020