Policing Practices

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The paper examines what must be done to make communities safer, policing easier and more efficacious and the confidence and well-being of citizens more pronounced. The paper researches these issues and explains that quite simply, the answer is to streamline investigative techniques, promote community collaboration and team policing and to allocate resources in a more meaningful and ultimately more successful way. The paper concludes that the key to successfully fighting crime lies not so much in increasing police presence, but in increasing communication and mutual understanding.

From the Paper:

"The role of the police in reducing crime in American communities is substantial - and the role of local citizens is no less important. The following paper will examine the impact of each and identify those policing practices which are most likely to have an impact upon crime. The paper will also review what the social consequences are of those policing strategies deemed to be more efficacious in combating crime. Finally, the paper will conclude by answering a question that has been on the minds of police administrators and academics for decades: If our ultimate goal is to reduce harm and to improve the quality of life for all our citizens, what strategies should our police departments adopt? For more conservative "law and order" types, the answer to this last query may be somewhat surprising."

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