NCJ Number
201829
Editor(s)
Wesley G. Skogan
Date Published
2004
Length
265 pages
Annotation
This book focuses on the feasibility and effectiveness of community policing.
Abstract
Chapter 1 draws on a survey conducted in 2000 to describe 1995-98 trends in agencies’ implementation of community policing for 1995-2000. Chapter 2 examines how American law enforcement has changed in light of 15 years of discussion on community and problem-oriented policing. Chapter 3 discusses how the public becomes involved in community policing. Chapter 4 questions whether police can adapt to community policing and describes the effects of organizational reform. In Chapter 5, the implications of community policing for coercion by police are discussed. Chapter 6 explores the fragmentation of traditional police culture and analyzes the reception of community policing across police subcultures. Chapter 7 looks at ways problem-oriented policing has been drawn into community policing. In Chapter 8, the discussion focuses on the problems of police and the limits of problem-oriented policing. Chapter 9 provides evidence to support the claim that various reforms, such as partnering with residents and taking officers out of their cars and putting them in closer contact with residents, can produce positive outcomes. Index