Community Policing

Current trends in police reform stress much greater interaction with the community and, consequently, carry new implications for police roles, operations, and social control. Community Policing outlines the major issues confronting this movement, and differentiates the rhetoric from the reality associated with police force restructuring. The varying perspectives and case studies presented will interest community organizations, police academy educators, law enforcement officials, as well as all concerned citizens. The contributors address a broad spectrum of community policing issues, giving a comprehensive and in-depth analysis. This important new book examines the historical, philosophical, and empirical bases of the relationship between police and community to offer the most comprehensive study yet of this important law enforcement reform movement.

JACK R. GREENE is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University. He has served on the faculties of Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He edited Manaing Police Work (1982) and has conducted numerous evaluation studies. Most recently he has served as a consultant to the Philadelphia Police Department in its effort to implement a city-wide community police program and in the improvement of police training.

STEPHEN D. MASTROFSKI is Assistant Professor of Administration of Justice at the Pennsylvania State University. He has written on police behavior, agency performance, and contemporary reform efforts. His publications include Basic Issues in Police Performance (1982, coauthored), articles and book chapters evaluating neighborhood policing strategies, polic agency accrediation, and the role of elected officials in governing police.