Drawing on new research in Brisbane, this book entwines ecological theories of crime with key debates on the relevance of 'community' in contemporary urban life to examine the spatial and temporal relationships between community, crime and disorder.

Rebecca Wickes is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences and the Director of the Migration and Inclusion Center at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focusses on demographic changes in urban communities and their influence on community regulation, crime and disorder.

Lorraine Mazerolle is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow (2010-2015), a Professorial Research Fellow at The University of Queensland, School of Social Science, and a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Her research interests are in experimental criminology, policing, drug law enforcement, regulatory crime control, and crime prevention.

1.Brisbane: A Story of Neighbourhoods and Crime in a Modern Australian City 2.Immigration and Neighbourhood Crime: Exploring the immigration-crime link in Brisbane over time 3.Understanding Hate: Hate Crime in Brisbane Neighbourhoods 4.Distance to Crime: How Proximity Shapes Residents' Perceptions of Neighbourhood Violence 5.From Perceptions to Actions: The Informal Regulation of Crime 6.Police Legitimacy in the Australian Community Context 7.Social Ties and Crime in Times of Drought and Floods 8.Crime and Disorder in the Suburbs: A Special Case of Master-Planned Communities 9.Converging Neighbourhood Vulnerabilities: The Impact of Exogenous Shocks on Crime