Community Participation
1. Define community participation. Community participation is the involvement of members of the community in working with law enforcement to achieve common goals for the benefit of the community.
2. Why are some communities more desirous of control than other communities? Community-identity and esteem play a large role in the extent to which some communities seek a larger role in defining the overall community status.
3. How has the federal government become a part of community participation in police agencies? The federal government provides grants and subsidies to communities that participate in policing. For example, the DoJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) supports community policing initiatives.
4. Contrast several different methods of community participation in the criminal justice system. Within the criminal justice system, there are several methods of community participation: community policing, community cleanup, community oversight committees, community watches, community events, and so on.
5. How is police organization a factor in police resistance to community participation? Police organization can be a factor in police resistance to community participation in the sense that it is its own hierarchical entity with a chain of command inside...
References
International Association of Chiefs of Police. (2016). 10 ways community members can
engage with law enforcement. Retrieved from https://theiacpblog.org/2016/08/12/10-ways-community-members-can-engage-with-law-enforcement/
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