The beat goes on: A study of conflicts and contradictions in community policing.
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Title
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The beat goes on: A study of conflicts and contradictions in community policing.
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Identifier
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AAI9720142
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identifier
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9720142
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Creator
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Shtull, Penny R.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Barbara Raffel Price
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Criminology and Penology
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Abstract
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Community policing, a strategy calling for the police to have more frequent contacts with the public in order to identify and help solve neighborhood problems, has been implemented in some form in numerous police departments throughout the world. Despite the burgeoning popularity of community policing programs, little attention has been focused on conflict within community policing. Little is known about the conflicts and strains community police officers face when interacting with the community and other police units.;This study explores the various levels of conflict that encompass the community policing orientation and focuses on individual officers' attitudes, perceptions, and actual performance of community policing roles. The study is a secondary analysis of data collected during ten months of field research as part of an evaluation of an experimental policing program in a large east coast city. Four general categories of conflict found within the practice of community policing are identified. These categories include: (1) intra-organizational conflicts between the community police officers and other precinct units; (2) conflicts within the community policing role; (3) conflicts between the officers' and community's expectations of community policing; and (4) bureaucratic conflicts between the officers' and the police department's expectations of community policing. Policy implications are discussed, as are areas for future research.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
