RT Article
T1 Community policing in Danish “ghetto” areas: Trust and distrust between the police and ethnic minority youth
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 23
IS 1
SP 98
OP 116
A1 Kammersgaard, Tobias
A2 Søgaard, Thomas Friis
A2 Haller, Mie Birk
A2 Kolind, Torsten 1966-
A2 Hunt, Geoffrey 1947-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1831758423
AB Recent years have seen trends within police to use different forms of “community policing” strategies that aim to foster closer relationships and trust with citizens, as well as an orientation toward “procedural justice” in law enforcement practices. Based on 25 interviews with police officers in two different police precincts in Denmark, this article explores the policing of ethnic minority youth in so-called “ghetto” areas from the perspectives of police officers. In doing this, we describe the specific challenges and strategies in implementing such policing methods in neighborhoods where some residents display low trust or even hostility toward the police. The article sheds light on the emotional, organizational, and practical challenges involved in doing community policing in marginalized neighborhoods and the way in which this shapes how community policing is being organized in practice.
K1 Trust
K1 Procedural Justice
K1 Ethnic minorities
K1 deprived neighborhoods
K1 community policing
DO 10.1177/17488958211017390