‘The ones in red:’ people who use drugs’ experiences of the Janus-faced nature of police volunteerism

Championed as an economic strategy to enhance community safety and reduce the need for formal police response to social disorder, volunteer policing groups have become a common sight in many urban centres. They represent a key element of police civilianisation, with existing research unmasking how t...

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Main Author: Maier, Katharina (Author)
Contributors: Greene, Carolyn ; Hunter, Kaitlyn ; Urbanik, Marta
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Policing and society
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-202
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Surveillance
police volunteerism
people who use drugs
Police civilianisation

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