SOC316H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Police Accountability, Community Policing, Campus Police
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Seen as the opposite of zero tolerance policing. **relate to concept of community and problems with concept of policing. Community policing is a philosophy, management style, and organizational strategy centered on police- community partnerships and problem solving to address problems of crime and social disorder in communities. Management style and organizational strategy- changing management style of police structures. No longer about crime but also about social disorder (different from 1970s when no one was concerned with disorder) Everyone responsible in crime prevention, not just police. Storefront in chinatown with police officers who are culturally trained to deal with needs of public. To strengthen the communication and co-operation between the chinese community and the police. To enhance the accessibility of police services to the chinese community. To increase sense of safety awareness in the chinatown area. To educate the chinese community on judicial related matters. Campus police officers adopt to community policing model.
