Citizens, Community and Crime Control [electronic resource] /
Bullock, K.author.
Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book examines the various ideals, outcomes and effects that citizen participation has been held to stimulate and how these have been transformed, renegotiated and reinvigorated over time.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Citizen Participation and Democracy; 3 Positioning the Citizen Within Contemporary Policing; 4 Consultation; 5 Community Policing; 6 Neighbourhood Watch; 7 Citizen Patrols; 8 Volunteering in the Police Service; 9 Indirect Democracy; 10 Conclusion; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book examines the various ideals, outcomes and effects that citizen participation has been held to stimulate and how these have been transformed, renegotiated and reinvigorated over time.
Social policy.
Criminology.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Police.
Cultural studies.
Political science.
Social Policy.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Crime and Society.
Policing.
Cultural Studies.
Political Science.