Community policing : national and international models and approaches / / Mike Brogden and Preeti Nijhar

• Autore: Brogden Michael
• Pubblicazione: Cullompton, Devon, U.K. ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Willan Pub., , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.2
• Soggetto topico: Community policing
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NijharPreeti
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Community Policing; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Globalizing community-oriented policing; Introduction; Exporting policing; The globalization of COP; Why community policing?; Preliminary doubts about COP; Outline of the text; Part One Community Policing - Models and Critiques; 2 Community-oriented policing - the Anglo-American model; Introduction; Community policing - orthodox origins; A Peelite history; Recent origins; The failure of traditional policing - a conventional view; The research evidence; Police discretion and community policing ; Problem-oriented policingCorporate managerialism and the new policing; The key elements of community policing; Variations in community policing; Crime prevention and community policing; Overview; 3 Anglo-American community-oriented policing: ten myths; Introduction; The ten myths of community policing; The myth of the community; The myth of enhanced local accountability; The myth of professional use of enhanced discretion in problem-solving; The myth of the universal relevance of community policing; The myths of police rhetoric - the legitimation function of local crime surveys ; The myths of a Peelite history, of crime control and of the technological mistakeThe myth of public support for COP; The myth of linking with informal networks of control; The myth of organizational change in COP; The myth of the Anglo-American model - the failure to recognize alternatives; Overview; 4 Community policing on the Pacific Rim; Introduction; Community policing in Japan; An orthodox history; The centrality of the koban as a community policing structure; A revisionist view of the koban; Community policing in Singapore; Community policing in China: mobilizing the masses ; Integration of civil and state structuresSocial change - the rejection of community policing; Overview; 5 Aspects of community policing in the European Union; Introduction; Centralized policing systems - adaptation of the Napoleonic inheritance; France - proximity policing and community safety contracts; Proximity policing; Proximity policing and the local security contract; Belgium - policing facing two masters, central state and locality; Italy and Spain; Decentralized systems: the example of the Netherlands; National police systems and community policing - the Scandinavian countries ; OverviewPart Two Community Policing in Transitional and Failed Societies; 6 South Africa - the failure of community policing; Introduction; The imperative for police reform; Community policing - the first steps; Community Police Forums - contradictory goals; Failure of the Community Police Forums; Evaluating the Community Forums; The problem of crime; The policing impediment to reform; The elevation of crime fighting; Private policing for the business class; Overview; 7 Community policing in other transitional societies; Introduction; The post-colonial appeal in Africa for community policing ; The failure to contextualize community policing
• Sommario/riassunto: Community policing has been a buzzword in Anglo-American policing for the last two decades, somewhat vague in its definition but generally considered to be a good thing. In the UK the notion of community policing conveys a consensual policing style, offering an alternative to past public order and crimefighting styles. In the US community policing represents the dominant ideology of policing as reflected in a myriad of urban schemes and funding practices, the new orthodoxy in North American policing policy-making, strategies and tactic. But it has also become a massive export to non-western
• Titolo autorizzato: Community policing
• ISBN: 1-134-00910-0; 1-283-96651-4; 1-282-07739-2; 1-134-00903-8; 9786612077395; 1-84392-579-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454784403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II