Overview

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.

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Author:   Mike McConville ,  Dan Shepherd
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415073646

ISBN 10:   0415073642
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   28 May 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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The McConville and Shepherd analysis is based on a rich body of data collected between 1988 and 1990 in a number of neighborhoods located in the jurisdictions of three police forces in England and Wales. Within each research site, indepth interviews were conducted with community beat officers, relief officers (who have more traditional enforcement roles), and supervisors. In addition, the authors systematically surveyed residents in NW [Neighborhood Watch] and non-NW neighborhoods located within each jurisdiction....Space limitations prevent my paying full justice to the richness of this superb book, which I think should be mandatory reading for anyone even slightly interested in crime prevention. <br>- American Journal of Sociology <br>

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Mike Mcconville, Dan Shepherd

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