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- Title
The Unraveling of Public Security in the United States: The Dark Side of Police-Community Co-Production.
- Authors
Brewer, Russell; Grabosky, Peter
- Abstract
In this article we review the emergence of police-community 'co-production', as a prominent crime control paradigm in the United States. We argue that although allowing citizens to co-produce through programs like Neighborhood Watch may be beneficial in many respects, such co-production is not an unmitigated virtue. While its proponents contend that co-production promises to enrich the provision of public security in the United States, recent events have reinforced warnings voiced by policing scholars and practitioners of a dark side that also continues to threaten, not enhance, public security. As such, we advocate that the future co-production should be embraced cautiously, and its downside risks managed with care.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOCIAL security; POLICE-community relations; LAW enforcement; CRIMINAL law; NEIGHBORHOOD watch programs
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2014, Vol 39, Issue 1, p139
- ISSN
1066-2316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12103-012-9194-y