Rethinking Community Policing in International Police Reform : Examples from Asia
Kocak, Deniz
Rethinking Community Policing in International Police Reform : Examples from Asia - Ubiquity Press 2018 - 1 electronic resource (68 p.)
Open Access
Community policing has often been promoted, particularly in liberal democratic societies, as the best approach to align police services with the principles of good security sector governance (SSG). The stated goal of the community policing approach is to reduce fear of crime within communities, and to overcome mutual distrust between the police and the communities they serve by promoting police citizen partnerships. This SSR Paper traces the historical origins of the concept of community policing in Victorian Great Britain and analyses the processes of transfer, implementation, and adaptation of approaches to community policing in Imperial and post-war Japan, Singapore, and Timor-Leste. The study identifies the factors that were conducive or constraining to the establishment of community policing in each case. It concludes that basic elements of police professionalism and local ownership are necessary preconditions for successfully implementing community policing according to the principles of good SSG. Moreover, external initiatives for community policing must be more closely aligned to the realities of the local context.
Creative Commons
English
bcb 9781911529446; 9781911529460; 9781911529477
10.5334/bcb doi
Development studies
Emergency services
Politics & government
Warfare & defence
Peacekeeping operations
Criminal procedure
Singapore Timor-Leste Governance Police reform Community policing Security sector reform
Rethinking Community Policing in International Police Reform : Examples from Asia - Ubiquity Press 2018 - 1 electronic resource (68 p.)
Open Access
Community policing has often been promoted, particularly in liberal democratic societies, as the best approach to align police services with the principles of good security sector governance (SSG). The stated goal of the community policing approach is to reduce fear of crime within communities, and to overcome mutual distrust between the police and the communities they serve by promoting police citizen partnerships. This SSR Paper traces the historical origins of the concept of community policing in Victorian Great Britain and analyses the processes of transfer, implementation, and adaptation of approaches to community policing in Imperial and post-war Japan, Singapore, and Timor-Leste. The study identifies the factors that were conducive or constraining to the establishment of community policing in each case. It concludes that basic elements of police professionalism and local ownership are necessary preconditions for successfully implementing community policing according to the principles of good SSG. Moreover, external initiatives for community policing must be more closely aligned to the realities of the local context.
Creative Commons
English
bcb 9781911529446; 9781911529460; 9781911529477
10.5334/bcb doi
Development studies
Emergency services
Politics & government
Warfare & defence
Peacekeeping operations
Criminal procedure
Singapore Timor-Leste Governance Police reform Community policing Security sector reform