NCJ Number
179563
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Dated: November 1995 Pages: 67-82
Date Published
November 1995
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This article considers issues related to community input into policing decisions and priorities, and examines police-community consultative committees.
Abstract
By the mid-1980's, police forces in Australia and the United Kingdom had initiated community policing in an attempt to increase their legitimacy by increasing their contacts with the community. The article considers whether community policing increased community input into policing decisions and priorities, and examines one form of community policing: police-community consultative committees. The stated purpose of those committees was to involve community members in setting priorities for their local police division or patrol. The committees in England and New South Wales tended to focus on police priorities and objectives, to involve only respectable members of the community and to co-opt them to the police point of view rather than acting as a conduit for community input. References