Andreas Hatzigeorgiou and Ahmed … from the Stockholm Chamber of commerce writes that residents in vulnerable areas calls for tough reforms – more police, more surveillance cameras and longer sentences. This conclusion can be drawn from the Stockholm Chamber of commerce fresh report Straight answers – so it is to stay in an exposed area. 500 telephone interviews have been carried out in Stockholm county residents in the areas in which the police define as vulnerable.
We welcome studies that aim to accommodation in the so-called vulnerable areas may be heard. We also agree with the need for a deeper understanding of the perceived insecurity in society. When it comes to draw conclusions and make policy recommendations on the basis of an investigation is required, however, a critical approach, awareness of the survey’s strengths and weaknesses, and an understanding of what we can say on the basis of the. Unfortunately, we believe that the Stockholm Chamber of commerce report and op-ed deficiencies in these respects.
• first, of all, the survey selected participants have only 9.3 percent responded. A failure on the whole of the 90.7 per cent is problematic, especially when it is not possible to know who have fallen away. It is also not clear how to have “filled in” to still get the 500 response. Hence, it becomes impossible to claim that the responses are representative of their population – that they constitute the residents ‘ “voice”.
• second, as you ask, you get answers. Questions and statements in the frågeundersökningar should be comprehensive, open, and neutral.
the Stockholm Chamber of commerce survey received accommodations to take a position to the five policy statements: 1) more police officers out on the streets and in the squares, in areas with high crime, 2) more surveillance cameras in places with high crime, 3) lower taxes on low incomes, 4) longer prison sentences for criminals, and 5) cheaper to hire people who are far from the labour market.
the Allegations seem to be targeted towards a antaglig political agenda. What would the result have been if the residents had also gotten to take a position on claims of better schools and of preventive measures against crime? Had more police been the most important addition to the allegations that the police officers should have good local knowledge, and interact with other government agencies?
• For the third, in contrast to scientific practice relate report unbeknown to the body of knowledge that already exists in the area. Science, such as sociology, criminology, and social work, have for decades carried out research on and in the exposed areas. There is a lot of knowledge to acquire for those who want to understand how it is to live in a vulnerable area, and how society can work to combat insecurity, criminality and alienation in the suburbs of Stockholm.
We’d like to invite politicians, civil society organisations and citizens to take advantage of and listen to the numerous scientific studies and conclusions made by the researchers with a deeper knowledge of the conditions in vulnerable areas.
