Crime, Insecurity, and Community Policing: Experiments on Building Trust (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) - Hardcover

Edited By Graeme Blair , Fotini Christia , Jeremy M. Weinstein

 
9781009235884: Crime, Insecurity, and Community Policing: Experiments on Building Trust (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics)
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ISBN 10: 1009235885 ISBN 13: 9781009235884
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

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How can societies effectively reduce crime without exacerbating adversarial relationships between the police and citizens? In recent decades, perhaps the most celebrated innovation in police reform has been the introduction of community policing, where citizens are involved in building channels of dialogue and improving police-citizen collaboration. Despite the widespread adoption of community policing in the United States and increasingly in the developing world, there is still limited credible evidence about whether it realistically increases trust in the police or reduces crime. Through simultaneously coordinated field experiments in a diversity of political contexts, this book presents the outcome of a major research initiative into the efficacy of community policing. Scholars from around the world uncover whether, and under what conditions, this highly influential strategy for tackling crime and insecurity is effective. With its highly innovative approach to cumulative learning, this project represents a new frontier in the study of police reform.

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How can societies effectively reduce crime without exacerbating adversarial relationships between the police and citizens? In recent decades, perhaps the most celebrated innovation in police reform has been the introduction of community policing, where citizens are involved in building channels of dialogue and improving police-citizen collaboration. Despite the widespread adoption of community policing in the United States and increasingly in the developing world, there is still limited credible evidence about whether it realistically increases trust in the police or reduces crime. Through simultaneously coordinated field experiments in a diversity of political contexts, this book presents the outcome of a major research initiative into the efficacy of community policing. Scholars from around the world uncover whether, and under what conditions, this highly influential strategy for tackling crime and insecurity is effective. With its highly innovative approach to cumulative learning, this project represents a new frontier in the study of police reform.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009235885
ISBN 13 
9781009235884
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
517
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Edited By Graeme Blair Fotini Christia Jeremy M. Weinstein

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