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Watching Police, Watching Communities

Watching Police, Watching Communities
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After the major street riots in Britain in the early 1980s the demands for more accountable and sensitive styles of policing were answered with a promise to embrace community policing ideals. The centrepiece of this commitment was Neighbourhood Watch. Official claims now portray it as an outstanding success in preventing crime, with over 90,000 schemes established across the country. However, Watching Police, Watching Communities sets out to test the validity of such claims and ultimately reveals them to be myths. Basing their research on extensive interviews with police and the public, Mike McConville and Dan Shepherd show that the public have little commitment to Neighbourhood Watch. Whilst crime and the fear of crime have special significance for old people and women, in general social issues such as employment, education and housing count for more. This lack of public commitment is matched by that of the police. There are only a small minority of officers who are dedicated to community beat work.

Most policing is still heavy-handed and marked by aggression, racism, and sexism; Watching Police, Watching Communities explains how the actions of senior officers can reinforce this policing style and shows why public confidence in the police is declining.

Taylor & Francis; May 1992
ISBN 9780203993545
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