Community Policing and Drugs

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the history and evolution of community policing in the US and notes that, over the years, community policing in America has evolved into the most successful and dominant policing technique used today. The paper points out that community based programs assist the police by letting them focus more of their attention on fighting crime while the attention of the community programs center on rehabilitation, prevention, education and intervention for drug related problems especially among youth. The paper suggests that the combination of police, government and the community is an effective means of fighting the war on drugs.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Evolution of Community Policing
Political Era
Reform Era
Community Era
Issues
Programs

From the Paper:

"Early forms of drug and alcohol use leads to unstable, irresponsible behavior such as criminal behavior and unsafe sexual activity, which may lead to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. According to the National Drug control strategy statistics, recently there has been around an estimated amount of 12.8 million Americans, about 6 percent of the household population ages 12 and older that use illegal drugs on a current basis."

Sample of Sources Used:

• http://safestate.org/index.cfm?navId=7
• Miller, Linda and Hess, Karen 2005, Community Policing Vol.4 Partnerships for Problem Solving
• The'Lectric Law Library's stacks Community Policing: Learning the Lessons of History, By Sgt. Jeffrey Patterson http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cjs07.htm
• The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, August 1996 http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/crimepre.pdf
• The United States Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Default.asp?Item=36

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