Watching Police, Watching Communities

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Synopsis
From the early 80s community policing has been held up as a new commitment to the ideals of service and the rejection of coercive policing styles. The idea was to encourage a partnership between the public and police in which community needs would be met by officers on local beats. Today, Government ministers and senior police officers depict Neighbourhood Watch, the centrepiece of the scheme, as a great success. However, Watching Police, Watching Communities reveals that most schemes are dormant or dead. The authors trace the causes of scheme failure to the lack of commitment to community policing by police forces. Most importantly, they find a police rank-and-file culture which celebrates aggression, machismo and the assertion of authority especially against areas occupied by ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged groups.
Copyright:
1992

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
284 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781134905973
Related ISBNs:
9781138986954, 9780203993545, 9780415073646
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Mike McConville and Dan Shepherd
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Medicine, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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