Proximity Policing in Spain: An Unfinished Transformation; L'Usage de la Notion de Police de Proximite en Espagne Indice D'Une Mutation Inachevee (From Les delemmes de la proximite, P 77-101, 2000, Frederic Ocqueteau, ed.)

• NCJ Number: 186673
• Author(s): Jerome Ferret; Philippe Maffre
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 25 pages
• Sale Source: Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Secutite Interieure
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: French
• Country: France
• Note: Revue de sciences sociales, No. 39

Annotation

This article examines the evolution of community policing in Spain, identifying changes that have occurred up to the time of the writing of the article.

Abstract

The authors distinguish between two concurrent applications of the concept of "proximity." This is a concept of "community" claimed by the basque and catalan autonomous police forces and an approach in terms of "proximity" developed by the state police force. Beyond this apparently technical distinction, each party is staking a claim to be responsible for its own territory. This article analyzes the Policia 2000 reform as an attempt by the "center" to control the "periphery." It is also an opportunity to observe a severance with traditional police cultures and an experimentation with new management techniques. 24 references