Watching Police, Watching Communities

Mike McConville, Dan Shepherd (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

284 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-98695-4 (ISBN)

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Examines the the Neighbourhood Watch scheme and other community policing initiatives, revealing that most schemes are now dormant or dead and arguing that this is largely due to a lack of commitment to community policing by police forces.

From the early 80s community policing has been held up as a new commitment to the ideals of service and the rejection of coercive policing styles. The idea was to encourage a partnership between the public and police in which community needs would be met by officers on local beats.
Today, Government ministers and senior police officers depict Neighbourhood Watch, the centrepiece of the scheme, as a great success. However, Watching Police, Watching Communities reveals that most schemes are dormant or dead. The authors trace the causes of scheme failure to the lack of commitment to community policing by police forces. Most importantly, they find a police rank-and-file culture which celebrates aggression, machismo and the assertion of authority especially against areas occupied by ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups.

Mike Mcconville, Dan Shepherd

1. Introduction 2. Public Attitudes to the Police 3. Fear of Crime 4. The Reality of Neighbourhood Watch 5. The Nature and Functions of 'Community' Policing 6. Police Occupational Culture 7. Institutional Dynamics of Police Culture 8. Discussion and Overview

Erscheinungsdatum	13.07.2016
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-98695-X / 113898695X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-98695-4 / 9781138986954
Zustand	Neuware