Community Policing: a Review of the Evidence

DescriptionA review of international evidence on different models of 'Community Policing': how and where they are used, and how well they have been found to work. This is intended as a reference for the development of community policing in Scotland.
ISBN9780755977314
Official Print Publication DateNovember 2009
Website Publication DateNovember 19, 2009

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Simon Mackenzie, The Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research, University of Glasgow
Alistair Henry, The Scottish Institute for Policing Research, University of Edinburgh
Dr Simon Mackenzie is Reader in Criminology at the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Glasgow. Dr Alistair Henry is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Edinburgh. This report is an output of a knowledge transfer project titled Community Policing in Scotland, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary
Part 1: Introduction and method
Part 2: The historical development of the concept of community policing
Part 3: Defining community policing
Part 4: Models of community policing: comparative perspectives and the Scottish experience
Part 5: What works in community policing? A review of the evidence
Part 6: The future of community policing in Scotland
References

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

This report is available on the Scottish Government Social Research website only
www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch.

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