RT Book
T1 Community policing as a police strategy: effects and future outlook
T2 Thematic paper
JF Thematic paper
A1 Verhage, Antoinette 1977-
A2 Ponsaers, Paul 1952-
LA English
PP Brussels
PB EUCPN Secretariat
YR 2012
ED December 2012
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1655384260
AB COP as a police strategy has been widely discussed and commented, both in theory and in practice. Police research has indeed devoted a considerable amount of time in discussing the roots of this police strategy and in contemplating its effects. In this article, we aim to give the reader an overview of these discussions, focusing on the research into the effects of COP. After an introduction on COP as a police strategy and its backgrounds, we look at studies that have reviewed the impacts of this strategy on a number of levels: the impact on crime, on public opinion and on incivilities and fear of crime. These studies show that the research focus remains very narrow, looking at specific types of interventions, but often without taking the broader context into account. We conclude by referring to a number of positive results of community oriented policing and plead for more and specifically more long-term research into effects of police strategies and tactics.
CN 360 340
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Prävention
K1 Gemeinwesenbezogene Polizeiarbeit
DO 10.15496/publikation-23056