What communities can and should do in the Community Safety Management By Dr. Yoko Shiraishi, JAPAN

1. 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)

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11 Designated
-Kameoka(2)
-Towada (2)
-Atsugi(2)
-Minowa
-Toshima
-Komoro
-Yokohama, Sakae
-Matsubara
-Kurume
-Kitamoto
-Chichibu
2 waiting for
ceremonies
-Koka
-Kagoshima
2 Under the
process
-Izumiotsu
-Koriyama
⑫
⑬
⑭
1 Preparing
-Saitama
Expanding SC Movement in Japan
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Why SC getting attention?
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Local
Government
More
responsibility
Aging
Society
Declining
population
Diverse
problems
Change in
the values
Tight
budget

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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

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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 ?

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Possibility to develop 3 aspects
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Collaboration
(citizen’s participation)
Community
Empowerment
Efficiency
&
Effectiveness

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What Community
Should Do?
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Establish Partnerships
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Governments
Neighborhood
Communities
Individuals

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Share the Challenges
Priority
Setting
Intervention
Assessment

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Collaboration for Complement
Steering
Committee
Taskforce
Taskforce
Taskforce
Surveillance
Committee
Mayor Division sections Team
Services/Programs
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Directions
Policies
Interventions

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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:
:

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127
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)

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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

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Thank you
Yoko Shiraishi
白石 陽子
yoko_shiraishi@jisc-ascsc.jp
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