Blurred boundaries and legal uncertainty in police–volunteer partnerships

Citizen involvement in policing is a means to enhance public confidence in the police and their legitimacy, and to increase their effectiveness. However, governmental control over voluntary policing is fraught with difficulty. We study the relationship between police and citizen volunteers in partne...

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Main Author: Hansen Löfstrand, Cecilia (Author)
Contributors: Uhnoo, Sara
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: Policing and society
Year: 2020, Volume: 30, Issue: 8, Pages: 950-965
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