The Boston Marathon bombing: the successful application of crisis response, management, and community-centred policing
American policing remains grounded in the fundamentals of community policing - partnerships, problem-solving, and prevention - yet it is simultaneously shaped by post–11 September homeland security policy. Undeniably, 21st-century policing reflects a ‘new norm’ that calls for a bridge between commun...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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Routledge international handbook of policing crises and emergencies
Year: 2025, Pages: 329-342 |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Summary: | American policing remains grounded in the fundamentals of community policing - partnerships, problem-solving, and prevention - yet it is simultaneously shaped by post–11 September homeland security policy. Undeniably, 21st-century policing reflects a ‘new norm’ that calls for a bridge between community policing and homeland security at the local level. The events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing revealed how community policing and homeland security principles and practices are equally necessary to ensure public safety. Through lessons identified by leaders locally and across the globe, this chapter explores how the Boston Marathon bombing response relied on preparation, planning, collaboration, and communication, within a new policy context that brought policing and the community to a different level of understanding and action. The chapter uses real-life examples and storytelling to highlight successes and failures during the Boston Marathon bombing response. These stories will present powerful lessons that offer practitioners and scholars insight into the experiences of police thrust into crises. This is the story of ‘Boston Strong’. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 341-342 |
| Physical Description: | Illustration |
| ISBN: | 9781032207872 |
