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                            Funding & Awards
 Community Policing Strategies To Counter Violent Extremism
Award Information
Awardee
              Duke University
Award #
              2012-ZA-BX-0002
Funding Category
              Competitive
Location
                    Durham, NC
Awardee County
              Durham
Congressional District
              1
Status
              Closed
Funding First Awarded
              2012
Total funding (to date)
              $653,189
Original Solicitation
              NIJ FY 12 Research on Domestic Radicalization
Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2012, $653,189)
To date, little is known about the extent to which police departments around the country have adopted community policing practices, the methods they are using to address the threat of violent extremism, and what they consider to be best practices in the field. It is necessary to determine what these law enforcement agencies are doing to counter violent extremism before it is possible to measure the impact of policing strategies on domestic radicalization to violence.

This project will address the current gap in knowledge by using a nationwide survey, in-depth interviews, and focus groups to better understand the extent to which law enforcement agencies are using community policing to combat violent extremism. The project will identify practices for dealing with both al-Qa'ida inspired extremism and other forms of extremist violence. The project will consist of four parts: 1) a nationwide survey of law enforcement agencies to identify the practices they have adopted for countering violent extremism; 2) in-depth, semistructured interviews with law enforcement officials from areas with diverse threats and approaches to dealing with those threats; 3) site interviews in select communities of law enforcement agencies that use community policing for CVE, and 4) focus groups of community members from the same selected communities.

The combination of these research methodologies will produce a wealth of information to both inform policing practices and support future research efforts. Survey results will identify the extent to which law enforcement agencies have adopted community policing methods to deal with violent extremism as recommended in the national strategy. In agencies that have not adopted this approach, the survey will indicate what alternative policing strategies are being used and the reasons why community policing has not been fully embraced. The in-depth interviews and focus groups will provide important information on the specific policing practices that both the law enforcement and community believe are effective as well as any barriers that may prevent the development cooperative relationships between the police and the community. Separate focus groups of both police and community members from the same area will enable the project to make comparisons between what law enforcement agencies are doing and how these efforts are perceived by the community.ca/ncf



  
Grant-Funded Publications
        
                      Research in Brief – Community Policing Strategies to Prevent Violent Extremism
                  Ideology and threat assessment: law enforcement evaluation of Muslim and right-wing extremism
                  Challenge and Promise of Using Community Policing Strategies To Prevent Violent Extremism: A Call for Community Partnerships With Law Enforcement To Enhance Public Safety, Executive Summary
                  Challenge and Promise of Using Community Policing Strategies To Prevent Violent Extremism: A Call for Community Partnerships With Law Enforcement To Enhance Public Safety, Final Report
                  Promising Practices for Using Community Policing Strategies to Prevent Violent Extremism: How to Create and Implement a Community Outreach Program
                  Law Enforcement Assessment of the Violent Extremism Threat
                  Terrorism Cases Involving Muslim-Americans

  
Date Created: August 22, 2012
    
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