Community policing is a recent and, to some, controversial approach to combating crime, particularly in larger urban areas. This book is a comprehensive examination of the implementation of community policing in the United States. It examines the influence of the task and institutional environment on community policing implementation and investigates the relationships between organizational structure and community policing. Key contributions of this work include: providing a theoretical framework for community policing; identifies internal/external factors that facilitate and/or impeded implementation; examining organizational structure and implantation.
Drawing on data from nearly every major U.S. municipal police force, Community Policing in America is the first comprehensive study to examine how the organizational context and structure of police organizations impact the implementation of community policing.
Drawing on data from nearly every major U.S. municipal police force, Community Policing in America is the first comprehensive study to examine how the organizational context and structure of police organizations impact the implementation of community policing.