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Title:
Community policing / Roman Espejo, book editor.
Author:
Espejo, Roman, 1977- editor.
Publication Information:
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2014]
Call Number:
HV7936 .C83 C6596 2014
ISBN:
9780737769517

9780737769524
Series:
Opposing viewpoints

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
215 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
How should community policing be implemented? Community policing solves problems in partnership with the community / Community policing is different from traditional policing / Community policing requires the involvement and understanding of communities / Community policing without the police? The limits of order maintenance by the community / Community policing or Homeland Security: Sophie's choice for police? / The real truth of community policing / Are community policing and Neighborhood Watch programs effective? Community policing can be effective if properly practiced / Community policing may not reduce crime / Neighborhood Watch groups do not increase safety / Neighborhood Watch groups should not be armed / How can community policing be improved? Community policing needs various sources of support / How the federal government is killing community policing / On the block / Social media can enhance community policing / Community policing must adapt to different communities' needs / Improving police-community relations can improve community policing / Planning the implementation of community policing / Do Stand Your Ground laws empower citizens? The new vigilantes: Trayvon Martin and the "shoot first" lobby / Standing your ground and vigilantism / Stand Your Ground laws put safety at risk / Storming the castle doctrine / The use of deadly force allowed in Stand Your Ground laws should be a last resort
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