NCJ Number
132723
Journal
Canadian Journal of Criminology Volume: 33 Issue: 3-4 Dated: (July-October 1991) Pages: 469-484
Date Published
1991
Length
16 pages
Annotation
The concept of community-based policing (CBP) as the emerging style of policing has been developed in Canada, the United States, and Britain throughout the 1980s, but its implementation has been limited and its impact modest.
Abstract
Measures for both implementation and impact must be refined and hypotheses developed if CBP is to avoid being deemed passe without appropriate evaluation. A review of the available research focuses on CBP constructionism, measures and styles, implementation and impact issues, and the community or village constable as the leading edge of CBP. Real constraints on the development of an actual new police style as evident in the Halton Regional and Halifax Police Departments include: the resistance of police subculture to CBP's distinctive thrusts, top management's failure to address the calls for service issue, and the seemingly "natural" organizational tendencies as well as external pressures for specialization in the provision and delivery of police services. The significance of the impact of the CBP movement in policing will become evident in the 1990s. 44 references (Author abstract modified)