Racial Displacement in Action?

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-68
Author(s):  
Jan Doering
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Neighborhood Watch ◽  
Crime Problem ◽  
Police Services ◽  
Safety Work ◽  
Policing Strategy ◽  
Program Safety

With the help of Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, Chicago’s community policing program, safety activists in Rogers Park and Uptown employed a set of powerful strategies for fighting crime—“problem building” and “problem business” interventions, increasing and directing police services by strategically calling 911, attending court hearings as “court advocates,” and reclaiming public space through “positive loitering,” a type of public neighborhood watch. All of these practices were ostensibly race-neutral, but critics could and sometimes did challenge them as tools of racial marginalization. In addition to describing grassroots public safety work, the chapter analyzes how antigentrification activists contested these practices. Furthermore, it shows how safety activists tried to inoculate their efforts against racial contestation by recruiting minority residents, deploying racially benign narratives, and carefully managing situations of conflict.

The State of Play: Disadvantage, Play and Children's Well-Being

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 537-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Sutton
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Government Policy ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Children's Play ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Children’S Play

There is little research that explicitly compares the lives of children from different social backgrounds, particularly with regard to their freedom, safety, and use of public space. Drawing on the findings of a participatory research project with 42 children from different socio-economic backgrounds, this article shows how and why children's play differs depending on their social background. It also highlights the importance of street play in the lives of disadvantaged children, arguing that they engage in street play as a consequence of having less space and fewer alternatives, and yet their opportunities for play are further restricted due to local development and community ‘policing’. The article calls for the safeguarding of open public space, and an increased recognition of the importance and value of street play. Finally, it points out the contradictions in government policy regarding children's play and well-being.

Using Web 2.0 as a Community Policing Strategy

2012 ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Jones ◽  
Melchor C. de Guzman ◽  
Korni Swaroop Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Policing Strategy ◽  
Municipal Police ◽  
Community Livability ◽  
Media Applications ◽  
Municipal Police Departments

Community policing is intended to empower citizens who are plagued by crime and disorder. Scholars have considered community policing as a proactive measure that addresses issues of disorder to prevent the occurrence of more serious crimes (Goldstein, 1986; Wilson & Kelling, 1982). In a digital age, people are increasingly interacting socially via web platforms. This digital interaction includes governments, which can interact with the citizens in their society to co-produce effective responses to criminal activity. Social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, iPhone applications, and Nixle provide new media for citizens and police interactions. Using a sample of 163 municipal police departments, this chapter examines the level and type of participation among municipal police departments using these resources. It is argued that Web 2.0 social media applications allow for a more fluent and dialogic relationship between citizens and police to work together to reduce crime and increase community livability. Policy and practice recommendations related to participating in and enhancing social media presence for police are also provided.

scholarly journals COMMUNITY POLICING: WHAT DOES THE MODEL IMPLEMENTED IN A CITY IN THE AGRESTE OF ALAGOAS REVEAL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-91
Author(s):  
Djaíse Rodrigues Cabral ◽  
José Rodolfo Tenório Lima ◽  
Milka Alves Correia Barbosa ◽  
Lyzandra Marthyelly Cavalcante Silva
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Community Policing ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Field Research ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Entire Area ◽  
Police Station ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
State And Society ◽  
The City

The research addresses the community policing developed at the Brisa do Lago Police Base, located in the city of Arapiraca - Alagoas. Assuming that public safety is a responsibility of all (State and society), Community Policing emerges as a philosophy in which the population and the police work together to identify and seek solutions to solve community problems, with essentially preventive actions. The main objective of the study was to describe how community policing was developed by the Brisa do Lago Police Station in the period from 2012 to 2016. For this purpose, case study was adopted as a method and data was collected using an instrument for a field research which included the visits to the 3rd Military Police Battalion, to the Arapiraca City Hall and to the Brisa do Lago Set, as well as interviews with residents, police officers and community leaders who interacted directly and indirectly at the Base. As the results it was evidenced that the low effective to cover the entire area of the city of Arapiraca was determinant for the closure of the Base, as also the high turnover of police officers and the non-compliance with the guidelines established by the community policing model. Regarding community policing, it was possible to observe that its philosophy was not effectively implemented in that community, being essential a preparation of all the agents involved in this process.

E-Policing

2010 ◽  
pp. 211-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Jones ◽  
Melchor C. de Guzman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Web Presence ◽  
Police Organizations ◽  
Policing Strategy

This chapter provides a bridge between e-government research related to websites and the study of police organizations and strategy. In a digital age, the police need to have a strong web presence to engage in good governance by maintaining transparency and empowering citizens to participate. It is posited that web presence and citizen participation are linked to policing strategy, allowing citizens to work in tandem and co-produce public safety in their communities. This research utilized content analysis of the websites of police departments employing 250 or more sworn officers serving a municipal population. Using previously employed measures of website evaluations as well as some developed for this research, we found that police organizations have minimal web presence. Policy recommendations related to enhancing website presence are provided.

Reform the Police and End the Violence

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-106
Author(s):  
Daskyes Yohanna Gulleng
Keyword(s):  
Community Policing ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Class ◽  
The North ◽  
What Works ◽  
State Police ◽  
Policing Strategy ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
And Control

Policing in Nigeria has never been this challenging. Aside from accusations of violence and brutality, the police are widely regarded as ineffective and inefficient. While insecurity surges across the country, regional security networks are springing up in an uncoordinated manner, raising questions about ownership and control. This further gave rise to agitations for either community policing and state police from the political class, civil societies, and traditional institutions. This chapter situates police violence in the context of the popular #EndSARS# protest and reviews issues surrounding police reforms in Nigeria. Within the context of the challenging insecurity in the north central region, the chapter looks at the merits and demerits of community police and state police to determine what works and makes recommendations on the appropriate policing strategy in the region.

‘The Beast of Blenheim’, risk and the rise of the security sanction

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pratt ◽  
Jordan Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Serious Offenders ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Social Restructuring

This paper discusses and explains a new penal phenomenon in the main Anglophone societies – the rise of the security sanction. Rather than reacting to crime, its purpose is to protect public safety by reducing the risk of future crime. It can be applied to both the most serious offenders and those who have not committed any crime. It can involve extended/prolonged terms of imprisonment and it can involve extensive restrictions on movement in public space. Its emergence can be explained by the post-1980s political, economic and social restructuring of these societies and the attendant uncaging of risk.

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