Watching Police, Watching Communities / Edition 1

by Mike McConville, Dan Shepherd

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138986954
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2016
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mike Mcconville, Dan Shepherd

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Public Attitudes to the Police 3. Fear of Crime 4. The Reality of Neighbourhood Watch 5. The Nature and Functions of 'Community' Policing 6. Police Occupational Culture 7. Institutional Dynamics of Police Culture 8. Discussion and Overview