Influence of Community in Community Policing in the Twenty- First Century (From Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the Twenty-First Century, P 116-127, 1996, Roslyn Muraskin and Albert R. Roberts, eds. - see NCJ-158451)

• NCJ Number: 158460
• Author(s): M J Palmiotto
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 12 pages
• Sale Source: Prentice-Hall, Inc
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This chapter discusses the evolution of the concept of community policing over the past 20 years, and directions for its development into the next century.

Abstract

Community policing has been an outgrowth of the intuitive realization, supported by empirical evidence, that increasing the number of police officers and other concentrated police efforts have not reduced crime rates nor increased the proportion of crime solved, and that instead, the crime rates and rates of other social problems such as drug use continue to increase. Community-oriented policing signifies a shift away from centralization and control of the line officer and signals the need for a more flexible and democratic police organizational structure. The article discusses the influence that the surrounding community can exert on police agencies through citizen police academies, community advisory councils, citizen oversight, and police privatization. 13 references