Community Policing

International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives

Dominique Wisler, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA)

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Routledge
10 December 2019

Police & security services

Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

Community-oriented policing (COP) is the ideology and policy model espoused in the mission statements of nearly all policing forces throughout the world. However, the COP philosophy is interpreted differently by different countries and police forces, resulting in practices that may in fact run far afield of the community-based themes of partnership, responsiveness, and transparency. Community Policing: International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives provides a comprehensive survey of purported practices of COP, clarifying the concept and differentiating true COP from other models which follow the ideology in name only.

International contributors profile practices in five continents

Using a case study approach, this eye-opening discourse reveals and examines contemporary patterns of alleged community policing across five continents. Providing insiders’ insight into the myriad practices in a variety of communities, the authors highlight the fact that policing in the countries profiled is heavily influenced by several factors. No matter how strongly the vision of COP permeates a police force’s mission, the significant factors that influence the policing culture are existing social and cultural traditions and structures, conventional methods already in place, the cultural and ideological language that sustains these practices, the efforts of entrepreneurs to argue for or against new ways of policing, and the social capital base found in the society.

Arriving at the conclusion that there is no consensual model of community policing, the detailed analysis in this volume makes this absence of agreement abundantly clear. Separating rhetoric from reality, this illuminating study is a practical, realistic contribution to the expanding literature on community-oriented policing.

Edited by: Dominique Wisler, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9780367866037
ISBN 10: 036786603X
Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 10 December 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dominique Wisler is a United Nations consultant in Troinex, Switzerland. Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe is a professor at Texas Southern University in Houston.

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Community Policing

International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives

Dominique Wisler, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe, Ihekwoaba D. Onwudiwe (Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA)

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