Assessing police–community relationships: is there a gap in perceptions between police officers and residents?

Nalla, Mahesh K.; Meško, Gorazd; Modic, Maja

doi:10.1080/10439463.2016.1147564

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“…Citizen involvement in policing of crime is not new: from citizen patrols, to private detectives, to vigilantes, citizens have always been engaged in activities that resemble, crossover with and sometimes seek to displace policing by the state. Over the last 20 years or so, the involvement of citizens in policing has been actively encouraged by governments in developed countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as a way of improving public security without investing greater resources (Garland, 1996(Garland, , 2002Nalla et al, 2018;Neyroud, 2001;Terpstra, 2008;van der Land, 2014). As Bayley and Shearing (1996) put it, 'the police cannot successfully prevent or investigate crime without the willing participation of the public, therefore police should transform communities from being passive consumers of police protection to active co-producers of public safety'.…”

Section: Responsibilisation and Citizen Engagement: The Democratisation Of Policing?mentioning

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Citizen-led digital policing and democratic norms: The case of self-styled paedophile hunters

Hadjimatheou

2019

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Citizen involvement in the provision of security is often presented as a win–win way to relieve pressure on police resources while building stronger, more responsible and democratically engaged communities. Governments in countries such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have adopted a ‘strategy of responsibilisation’ designed to encourage, enable and support citizens to take on tasks otherwise left for police. Yet, this strategy conspicuously ignores the growing number of citizen-led digital policing initiatives which operate independently without the encouragement or guidance of police. This article considers the implications of this trend for democratic norms in policing. It uses the phenomenon of self-styled paedophile hunters – which are now active in countries around the world – as a case study. The article makes comparisons between such initiatives and other, relatively well-theorised informal security providers, such as vigilante groups and civilian policing. It argues that, like vigilantes, citizen-led digital police often challenge democratic principles of transparency, accountability and the rule of law. Yet, like other civilian policing initiatives, they increase empowerment and participation, and rely for their success on the presence of strong and legitimate institutions of justice, to which they ultimately defer. These characteristics present a discreet set of opportunities and challenges for contemporary policing, which this article argues can only be addressed by strategic police engagement.

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Section: Responsibilisation and Citizen Engagement: The Democratisation Of Policing?mentioning

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Citizen-led digital policing and democratic norms: The case of self-styled paedophile hunters

Hadjimatheou

2019

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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“…Age is an essential factor to consider as a social determinant of community policing (Nalla, Meško & Modic, 2018). Not all people participate in community policing.…”

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Social Determinants of Community Policing in Lurambi Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya

2022

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Community policing brings together the police and the community members through a partnership to prevent crime, control the crime, and solve social problems. There's a deterioration in the level of trust, coordination and the level of crime is still high in Lurambi Sub-County. This study sought to investigate Social determinants of community policing in Lurambi Sub-County. The specific research objective was to analyze the effect of community characteristics on community policing in Lurambi Sub-County, Kenya. The study was underpinned by the social capital theory, cognitive dissonance theory, and routine activity theory. Descriptive research design was adopted. The target population was community members in Lurambi Sub-County. The study targeted a sample of 384 community members as primary respondents. Besides, Police Officers and County law enforcement officers involved in community policing participated in the study as key informants. Stratified random sampling was used to select community members, while purposive sampling was used to select informants for the study. Primary data from community members was collected using questionnaires, while interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect secondary data. The study adopted a mixed-methods approach where quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed. Study data were analyzed using the statistical package for the Social Sciences version 27 for windows. Descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated for the quantitative data, while thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. Results of the study revealed a statistically significant relationship between community characteristics and community policing Lurambi Sub-County (r= 0.519; P<0.05) with a regression coefficient of determination (R 2 ) at 0.233, implying that community characteristics accounted for 23.3% of the variance on community policing. The study findings concluded that community characteristics significantly influenced community policing. The study recommended that community policing actors and stakeholders develop policies that promote trust between the police and community members by cultivating teamwork and shared crime prevention goals since establishing and maintaining mutual trust is the central goal of community policing.

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“…La caractérisation d'un programme de sécurité publique est intrinsèquement liée à la question de son évaluation ; les autorités policières, le gouvernement, les médias, la population évaluent le succès ou l'échec d'un programme en se basant sur certains indicateurs. Le tableau 1 résume les indicateurs de succès d'une police démocratique définis par la littérature : (Ferret et Ocqueteau, 1998 ;Lasthuizen, Van Eeuwijk et Huberts, 2005 ;Cools et al, 2010 ;Nalla, Meško et Modic, 2018). L'évaluation de la perception de la population est primordiale, l'insécurité se construisant autant à partir de cette perception que des représentations sociales de ses « figures » (Roché, 1993 ;Garoscio, 2006 ;Carro, Valera et Vidal, 2010 ;Jobard, 2010).…”

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“…Dès lors, les taux utilisés étant inexacts, les résultats ne peuvent qu'être faussés. De plus, la stigmatisation des populations ciblées par les violences policières décourage les plaintes ou les dénonciations aux autorités.Enfin, les mesures utilisées ne permettent ni de saisir les différentes formes de violence qui se manifestent au quotidien, ni de divulguer les pratiques discriminatoires pourtant connues et répandues dans les institutions policières du monde entier(Body-Gendrot, 2010 ;Fassin, 2011 ;Corsianos, 2012 ;Nalla, Meško et Modic, 2018). Or, la violence revêt différents visages, et dans les espaces marginalisés, elle est chronique et se croise à chaque coin de rue.…”

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La police « démocratique » comme productrice de (dés)ordres sociaux : les cas du Brésil et du Mexique

Félix

2020

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En utilisant une approche microsociologique et en s’appuyant sur deux études de cas, celles de Rio de Janeiro au Brésil et de Nezahualcóyotl au Mexique, le présent papier soutient que l’expérience vécue dans les programmes de police dits démocratiques peut être différente de — voire contraire à — l’image générale dépeinte par les autorités publiques et par les médias. Dans les cas « à succès » recensés au Brésil et au Mexique, des pratiques policières non démocratiques subsistent, mais sont invisibilisées par divers mécanismes. La première partie de cette contribution offre une définition de ce que serait un programme de police démocratique « à succès » selon la littérature en mettant l’accent sur les pratiques attendues d’un tel programme ainsi que sur les indicateurs de sa réussite. La seconde partie présente quant à elle les limites de cette définition du succès, démontrant qu’un changement de focale dévoile les dessous non démocratiques des pratiques policières.

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Assessing police–community relationships: is there a gap in perceptions between police officers and residents?

Cited by 20 publications

References 56 publications

Citizen-led digital policing and democratic norms: The case of self-styled paedophile hunters

Citizen-led digital policing and democratic norms: The case of self-styled paedophile hunters

Social Determinants of Community Policing in Lurambi Sub-County, Kakamega County, Kenya

La police « démocratique » comme productrice de (dés)ordres sociaux : les cas du Brésil et du Mexique

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