Issues concerning visibility and reassurance provided by the new ‘policing family’

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12396533
AutoresClaire Cooke (0000-0002-8536-9725, University of Leicester, autor de correspondencia), Claire Ann Cooke
Año2005
Volumen15
Número3
Páginas229-240
Fecha de publicación2005-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.819
OpenAlexW2051871908
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas7

In recent years there has been a rapid growth in quasi‐policing organizations throughout England and Wales. Public awareness and understanding of their roles and functions within the community has not been explored. While the community's desire for a uniformed presence on the streets remains strong, practical implementation through traditional public policing appears to grow more difficult. In order to satisfy this demand, the government has developed the concept of a ‘policing family’ made up of both traditional and new policing agencies. These agencies are public, private, and hybrid in nature and organization. There has been relatively little attempt to inform the public of these new arrangements or to ensure that these officers can be readily recognized. How these agencies are visually represented, how they interact with the community, and with each other, raises many issues and implications for the future success of community policing. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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