Crime, Insecurity, and Community Policing

How can societies effectively reduce crime without exacerbating adversarial relationships between the police and citizens? In recent decades, perhaps the most celebrated innovation in police reform has been the introduction of community policing, where citizens are involved in building channels of dialogue and improving police-citizen collaboration. Despite the widespread adoption of community policing in the United States and increasingly in the developing world, there is still limited credible evidence about whether it realistically increases trust in the police or reduces crime. Through simultaneously coordinated field experiments in a diversity of political contexts, this book presents the outcome of a major research initiative into the efficacy of community policing. Scholars from around the world uncover whether, and under what conditions, this highly influential strategy for tackling crime and insecurity is effective. With its highly innovative approach to cumulative learning, this project represents a new frontier in the study of police reform.

Author: Graeme Blair
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/05/2024
Pages: 588
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d
ISBN13: 9781009235877
ISBN10: 1009235877
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | General
- Social Science | General

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