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" Watching police, watching communities / "
Mike McConville and Dan Shepherd.
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BL
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1044665
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b799035
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| Main Entry
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McConville, Michael.
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Watching police, watching communities /\ Mike McConville and Dan Shepherd.
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1992.
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xii, 271 pages ;; 23 cm
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0415073642
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: 9780415073646
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0203993543
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-264) and indexes.
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| Contents
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Crime, communities and the police -- Public satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the police -- Fear of crime -- The reality of neighbourhood watch -- Polic commitment to community policing -- Police culture; blue lights and black people -- Institutional dynamcis of police culture -- Policing communities.
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"Since the early 1980s in Britain, community policing has been held up as a new and important way forward, aimed at the ideals of service and rejecting coercive police styles. The centrepiece of this initiative--Neighbourhood Watch--is today depicted as a great success by both government ministers and senior police officers. In Watching Police, Watching Communities Mike McConville and Dan Shepherd test the validity of such claims and ultimately reveal them to be myths." "Their controversial findings are based on extensive interviews with police and citizens and demonstrate that the public have little commitment to Neighbourhood Watch. Crime is not in general so central to people's thinking as other issues such as employment, education and housing, and the focus of Neighbourhood Watch on crime has resulted in extensive scheme failure. This lack of commitment by the public is matched by the police: the weight of policing is still massively focused on officers engaged in traditional 'fire brigade' styles of operation, and in big cities the emphasis is on heavy-handed policing, targeted on poor areas and those occupied by black people." "McConville and Shepherd argue that the strong police occupational culture, marked by aggression, racism and sexism, denigrates those aspects of policing ideals--including Neighbourhood Watch--which involve positive relations with the public. They also explore why the actions of senior officers reinforce rather than undercut entrenched rank-and-file culture, and show why public confidence in the police in Britain is declining."--Jacket.
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Neighborhood watch programs-- England-- Avon, Case studies.
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Neighborhood watch programs-- England-- London, Case studies.
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Neighborhood watch programs-- England-- Somerset, Case studies.
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Neighborhood watch programs-- Wales-- Gwent, Case studies.
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Protection du voisinage-- Angleterre-- Avon-- Cas, Études de.
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Protection du voisinage-- Angleterre-- Londres-- Cas, Études de.
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Protection du voisinage-- Angleterre-- Somerset-- Cas, Études de.
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Protection du voisinage-- Pays de Galles-- Gwent-- Cas, Études de.
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Criminalité-- Prévention-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Neighborhood watch programs.
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Police de proximité-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Voisinage (relations humaines)-- Protection-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Burger en overheid.
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Criminaliteit.
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Politie.
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Preventie.
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Sociale controle.
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England, Avon.
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England, London.
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England, Somerset.
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Wales, Gwent.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.4/0458/0942
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| LC Classification
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HV7936.C58M38 1992
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71.65bcl
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71.65.bcl
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88.17bcl
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88.17.bcl
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KM615 MACmoys
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| Added Entry
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Shepherd, Dan,1962-
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