ALTERNATIVE POLICING IN CONTEXT (FROM ALTERNATIVE POLICING STYLES: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES, P 257-266, 1993, MARK FINDLAY AND UGLJESA ZVEKIC, EDS. -- SEE NCJ-146911)

• NCJ Number: 146926
• Author(s): M Findlay; U Zvekic
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 10 pages
• Sale Source: Kluwer Law International
• Publication Type: Research (Theoretical)
• Language: English
• Country: Italy

Annotation

This paper examines "alternative" policing in its context of power.

Abstract

"Context" is the space in which policing occurs. This space pertains to locality, culture, ownership, and use. Traditionally, the state's focus in policing has been on the protection of public space. This has influenced the interaction between the police and certain sections of the community. The nature of policing space has traditionally distinguished state policing from its privatized counterparts. Policing styles are essentially different and perhaps conflicting ways of addressing crime, fear and order problems. Not only are they instrumental, but each style conveys meaning about the manner in which crime, fear, and order are contextualized by the interests that uphold each style. These meanings are then reinterpreted by the workings of the style. Therefore, policing interactions should be perceived structurally, functionally, and symbolically. This paper also discusses how community needs and interests influence policing styles, power relations in policing styles, and the morphology of policing power.