Download or read book Securing an Urban Renaissance written by Atkinson, Rowland and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2007-07-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection adds weight to an emerging argument that policies to make cities better are inextricably linked to an attempt to pacify and regulate crime and disorder. It provides discussions from a range of scholars examining policy connections that can be traced between social, urban and crime policy and the wider processes of regeneration.