COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTIVE POLICING - A REVIEW

• NCJ Number: 32852
• Author(s): D K Wasson
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 176 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Canada Solicitor General
• Corporate Author: John D Crawford and Co, Ltd
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: Canada

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT DEFINES THE TEAM POLICING CONCEPT, DESCRIBES SEVERAL TEAM POLICING EXPERIMENTS, AND REVIEWS THE BENEFITS, DISADVANTAGES, AND IMPLICATIONS OF TEAM POLICING.

Abstract

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TEAM POLICING METHOD ARE OUTLINED. THESE INCLUDE STABILITY OF GEOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENT, DECENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY, AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY RELATIONS, AN EMPHASIS ON CRIME PREVENTION, AND REDUCED USE OF POLICE SPECIALISTS. TEAM POLICING EXPERIMENTS IN SUCH AREAS AS TUCSON, SYRACUSE, DETROIT, DAYTON, AND HOLYOKE ARE DESCRIBED. METHODS OF EVALUATING TEAM POLICING PROGRAMS ARE BRIEFLY OUTLINED. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION IN IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SUCCESSFUL TEAM POLICING PROGRAMS, THE IMPLICATIONS OF TEAM POLICING FOR RURAL AND FRONTIER AREAS, AND IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEMS. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH, THE POLICY OF THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, AND THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ARE EXAMINED AS WELL.