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6 - Meta-analysis of the Effects of Community Policing

from Part II - The Effects of Community Policing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 December 2024

By
Graeme Blair ,
Fotini Christia ,
Fatiq Nadeem  and
Jeremy M. Weinstein
Edited by
Graeme Blair ,
Fotini Christia  and
Jeremy M. Weinstein
Graeme Blair
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Fotini Christia
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeremy M. Weinstein
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
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Summary

This chapter summarizes the findings from our study, based on the meta-analysis averaging across the effects from the six experiments. We found that increases in locally appropriate community policing practices led to no improvements in citizen–police trust, no greater citizen cooperation with the police, and no reduction in crime. Despite a strong commitment from leadership in each context at the outset, the police implemented the interventions unevenly and incompletely. Although citizens reported more frequent and robust exposure to the police in places where community policing was implemented, we have limited evidence of police action in response to citizen reports.

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Crime, Insecurity, and Community Policing
Experiments on Building Trust
 , pp. 173 - 191
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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