Community safety or corporate capture? Hybrid privatization of social control in a Downtown Core

Walby, Kevin; King, Bronson

doi:10.1057/s41300-022-00154-0

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“…The DCSP is important to note as it shows a direct link between TNSE and social control in Downtown Winnipeg. TNSE, in this sense, is mobilizing their social and economic capital to extend social control past Canada Life Centre to the entirety of downtown (Walby & King, 2022), where it ultimately has other assets. Although the DCSP operates in a manner that minimizes violence, a variety of issues arise.…”

Section: Rampant Development Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although the DCSP operates in a manner that minimizes violence, a variety of issues arise. For example, despite the less aggressive nature and lack of interest in criminalization from the DCSP, their activities revolve around providing hospitality services to pedestrians, providing surveillance, and communicating with the WPS, and addressing and removing people out of certain areas, particularly the Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment District (Walby & King, 2022). Walby and King (2022) see this as a protection of corporate assets and a reassurance for shoppers and sports fans in the downtown, albeit in a gentler manner than the police have historically provided.…”

Section: Rampant Development Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, despite the less aggressive nature and lack of interest in criminalization from the DCSP, their activities revolve around providing hospitality services to pedestrians, providing surveillance, and communicating with the WPS, and addressing and removing people out of certain areas, particularly the Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment District (Walby & King, 2022). Walby and King (2022) see this as a protection of corporate assets and a reassurance for shoppers and sports fans in the downtown, albeit in a gentler manner than the police have historically provided. Another critique of TNSE spearheading this partnership is that it creates governance issues and gives the keys of a downtown wide security organization to a private corporation interested in protecting its current and expanding material assets in downtown.…”

Section: Rampant Development Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another critique of TNSE spearheading this partnership is that it creates governance issues and gives the keys of a downtown wide security organization to a private corporation interested in protecting its current and expanding material assets in downtown. Beyond this material sense, there is interest in symbolically protecting the reputation of the SHED (Walby & King, 2022) to make it a welcoming space for middle-to upper-class Winnipeggers who are attending Jets games or more generally practicing consumption.…”

Section: Rampant Development Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although the DCSP are not police, they are uniformed ambassadors who patrol the SHED for the purposes of surveillance and communication to the WPS, deterrence, and provision of authority presences to encourage individuals to "move along". TNSE is mobilizing their social and economic capital to extend social control to the entirety of downtown (Walby & King, 2022), where it ultimately has other assets. The Winnipeg Downtown Safety Study Initial Report is where the collaboration of the City of Winnipeg and TNSE, as well as the creation of the DCSP, was first outlined (Manitoba Police Commission, 2019).…”

Section: Large Sporting Events Venues and Impacts On Urban Spacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Urban Design, Neoliberalism, and Social Control in the Context of Winnipeg's Canada Life Centre

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This research analyzes modes of urban social control through conventional and non-conventional policing practices in Winnipeg’s “Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment District” (SHED), and the area surrounding Winnipeg’s National Hockey League arena. This research explores the relationship between neoliberal mechanisms that drive business improvement districts (BIDs) and policing practices during events in this space. Bourdieu’s “cultural capital”, and the concept of “space and place” with an emphasis on “urban branding” give insight into cultural, social, and economic differences and contextualize how the SHED is governed to promote consumption and reduce anti-social behaviours. Using a methodology of observation and a semiotic visual analysis, the findings suggest there is an increase in police and security presences in the times leading up to, during, and after NHL games in the SHED. It is argued that policing presences contribute to a securitization of capital through assisting in upholding ‘clean and safe’ logics that typically underpin the operation of BIDs, ultimately to encourage and maintain an environment that is welcoming to consumption by the middle- to upper-class.

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Section: Rampant Development Inmentioning

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Section: Large Sporting Events Venues and Impacts On Urban Spacesmentioning

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Business Improvement Districts, Urban Regeneration and Social Inclusion

Prenzler

2024

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A review of the impacts of Business Improvement Districts on crime and disorder

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Cairns,

Prenzler

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Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) are an initiative adopted by some local governments, businesses, and residents to address concerns around crime and disorder in commercial areas, especially open street town centres. BIDs have become popular in the USA since the 1970s; however, no comprehensive review of evaluations has occurred to date. This paper systematically reviewed the academic literature to find 13 BID evaluations. These studies were examined in terms of their impacts on crime and disorder, displacement, and cost-effectiveness. Of the nine studies that quantitatively examined BID impacts on crime rates, eight (88%) found a reduction in one or more crime types. Six studies explored BID impacts on property crime, with all finding BIDs had a significant negative association with at least one type of property crime, with BIDs particularly effective at targeting vehicle-related offences. BIDs were also found to have a positive impact on reducing disorder and public nuisance type offences, however, had mixed evidence on violent crime, with three out of seven studies on violent crime finding BIDs can help to prevent robbery. Displacement of crime to surrounding areas was found to be rare, and the three studies that examined costs of operating BIDs all concluded they are cost-effective. The challenges of implementing BIDs are discussed, along with the implications for ongoing policy and practice development in the reduction of crime and disorder in commercial areas.

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Community safety or corporate capture? Hybrid privatization of social control in a Downtown Core

Cited by 4 publications

References 48 publications

Urban Design, Neoliberalism, and Social Control in the Context of Winnipeg's Canada Life Centre

Urban Design, Neoliberalism, and Social Control in the Context of Winnipeg's Canada Life Centre

Business Improvement Districts, Urban Regeneration and Social Inclusion

A review of the impacts of Business Improvement Districts on crime and disorder

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