{"product_id":"community-policing-dominique-wisler-9781420093582","title":"Community Policing: International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eCommunity-oriented policing (COP) is the ideology and policy model espoused in the mission statements of nearly all policing forces throughout the world. However, the COP philosophy is interpreted differently by different countries and police forces, resulting in practices that may in fact run far afield of the community-based themes of partnership, responsiveness, and transparency. \u003cstrong\u003eCommunity Policing: International Patterns and Comparative Perspectives \u003c\/strong\u003eprovides a comprehensive survey of purported practices of COP, clarifying the concept and differentiating true COP from other models which follow the ideology in name only. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eInternational contributors profile practices in five continents\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a case study approach, this eye-opening discourse reveals and examines contemporary patterns of alleged community policing across five continents. Providing insiders' insight into the myriad practices in a variety of communities, the authors highlight the fact that policing in the countries profiled is heavily influenced by several factors. No matter how strongly the vision of COP permeates a police force's mission, the significant factors that influence the policing culture are existing social and cultural traditions and structures, conventional methods already in place, the cultural and ideological language that sustains these practices, the efforts of entrepreneurs to argue for or against new ways of policing, and the social capital base found in the society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving at the conclusion that there is no consensual model of community policing, the detailed analysis in this volume makes this absence of agreement abundantly clear. Separating rhetoric from reality, this illuminating study is a practical, realistic contribution to the expanding literature on community-oriented policing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominique Wisler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1420093584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781420093582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 159","brand":"Dominique Wisler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088207950079,"sku":"9781420093582","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a38800d-cbc2-4132-9a41-84b1b3ba7ecf.jpg?v=1769103653","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/community-policing-dominique-wisler-9781420093582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}