What communities can and should do in the Community Safety Management

What Communities

Can and Should Do in the Community Safety Management

Yoko Shiraishi Ph.D. （Policy Science)

Chair,

Japan Institution for Safe Communities

22nd Conference on Safe Communities Plenary Session 1 (24 November2015)


22nd World Conference on Safe Communities

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2 waiting for ceremonies -Koka -Kagoshima

2 Under the process -Izumiotsu -Koriyama

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1 Preparing -Saitama

Expanding SC Movement in Japan

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Why SC getting attention?

3

Local Government

More responsibility

Aging Society

Declining population

Diverse problems

Change in the values

Tight budget



Government Have Limitations

4 出典：河田恵昭「大規模地震災害による人的被害の予測」1997年

Who rescued you from collapsed buildings after Hanshin

Awaji Great Earthquakes?

77

%

19% 4%

Families and Neighbors



1. An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations,

governed by a cross- sector group that is responsible for

safety promotion in their community;

2. Long-term, sustainable programs covering genders and all

ages, environments, and situations;

3. Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and

programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups;

4. Programs that are based on the available evidence; (WHO ets)

5. Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries;

6. Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and

the effects of change;

7. Ongoing participation in national and international Safe

Communities networks.

Collaborative Organization

Systematic Strategies

Community

Empowerment

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What Community can Gain in SC ?

http://www.ki.se/csp/pdf/guidelines/evidence_based_safety_promotion_2014.pdf

http://www.ki.se/csp/pdf/guidelines/evidence_based_safety_promotion_2014.pdf



Possibility to develop 3 aspects

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Collaboration (citizen’s participation)

Community Empowerment

Efficiency &

Effectiveness


What Community

Should Do?

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Establish Partnerships

8

Governments

Neighborhood

Communities Individuals



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Share the Challenges

Priority Setting

Intervention

Assessment



Collaboration for Complement

Steering Committee

Taskforce

Taskforce

Taskforce

Surveillance Committee

Mayor Division sections Team

Services/Programs

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Directions

Policies

Interventions



Community can cover more details

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What Community

Can Do?

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Improve -Knowledge -Awareness

Change in -behavior -Environment

Improve Community Safety

Improve QOL

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Community Can Make Changes



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Community Patrol for Crime prevention Case:

Case:



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82 70

55

115 105

51 58 49

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

SC Started Designation

(case)

Reported suspicious persons

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24.0 24.4 23.4 22.9

21.0

34.1 34.6

29.4 26.2

24.2

38.8 39.1 43.9

33.5

24.5

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Nation Aomori Pref. Towada

Source：Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

case

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SC designation

Mortality from Suicide (per 100,000)



Community Can Make SC Sustainable

Don’t create hardship

①Make the good use of the existing resources

②Make SC enjoyable and reachable

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Safe

Community

Community

Bond Increase feeling

of Safety

Environment

Friendly

Healthy

Finance

Risk

management

Children/Elderly

Friendly

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Apply SC to Other Challenges


Thank you

Yoko Shiraishi 白石陽子

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