Community Oriented Policing

Paper Summary:

This paper evaluates the concept of community policing in light of new outlooks on crime and law enforcement. The paper introduces the role of police in society and considers the debate centering on whether the police should be mainly responsible for only the effects and results of crime or if they should be more involved with the underlying and root causes of crime. Both views are analyzed in detail. The author concludes that research attests to the fact that community-orientated policing is particularly suitable and appropriate to the contemporary climate and to modern transnational crime.

Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Discussion
Case Studies
Conclusion
Appendix
Figure 1. difference between traditional and community based policing
Figure 2. North Carolina FY 2003 Awards to North Carolina
Questionnaire
Questions Directed at the General Public
Questions Directed at the Police

From the Paper:

"Therefore, in conventional terms, the responsibly of the police is to maintain law and order and to protect the innocent against the criminal elements. However, the nature of modern society and the complexity of many forms of criminal behavior have created debate, and changes, with regard to the extent and range of modern policing responsibility. This debate centers on new views of policing responsibility and can be summarized by the following question. Should the police be mainly responsible for only the effects and results of crime or should police be more involved with the underlying and root causes of crime? "

Sample of Sources Used:

• About Community Policing. Retrieved 16 August 2006, from http://www.communitypolicing.org/about2.html
• BJA Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet. Comprehensive Communities Program: A Unique Way To Reduce Crime and Enhance Public Safety. (2000) Retrieved 18 August, 2006, from http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles1/bja/fs000267.txt
• COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING. Retrieved 16 August 2006, from http://safestate.org/index.cfm?navID=7
• Community-Oriented Policing: Blessing Or Curse? Retrieved15 August, 2006, from, http://www.wsurcpi.org/resources/citizen_invol/Community-Oriented%20Policing%20Blessing%20or%20Curse.htm
• Connecting. Retrieved 16 August 2006, from http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:NIt_qd8twnYJ:www.cops.usdoj.gov/mime/open.pdf%3FItem%3D1046+problem+solving+policing+definition&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=27

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