Full Description
Inspired by the dialogue between practitioners and academics of nearly thirty countries, this edited volume includes updated articles on global crime prevention initiatives and best practices in building community resilience presented at the International Police Executive Symposium's (IPES) 25th annual meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014. A new book in the highly-regarded IPES Co-Publications series, Global Perspectives on Crime Prevention and Community Resilience offers strategies for crime and violence prevention and community initiatives for crime reduction, while promoting current best practices for police effectiveness, safety, and professionalism.
The book includes eighteen chapters from police leaders, practitioners and academics around the world in efforts to demonstrate effective strategies for the prevention of crime and innovative techniques in assisting crime victims. In an increasingly global reality, this text gives voice to valuable members of the international policing community.
Contents
Foreword. Series Preface. Acknowledgments. Editors. Contributors. Introduction. Section I: GLOBAL STRATEGIES FOR CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION. Chapter 1: Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault on the College. Chapter 2: Different Communities, Different Approaches: Avoiding a 'one size fits all' Approach to Neighborhood Policing Strategies. Chapter 3: Community-Based Participatory Approach to Prevent Residential : Burglaries and House Robberies. Chapter 4: Crossing the Great Divide: The Development and Effectiveness of Working Relationships between Law Enforcement Personnel and Academic Researchers. Chapter 5: The B3W Matrix: Managing a More Effective Way to Tackle Residential Burglary. Section II: BUILDING RESILIENCE AND ENGAGING COMMUNITIES FOR VIOLENCE AND CRIME PREVENTION. Chapter 6: Managing Language Barriers in Policing. Chapter 7: Community Policing and Vigilantism: Two Alternative Strategies for Fighting Neighborhood Crime. Chapter 8: Policing in Remote Australia: Is it Possible to Ignore Colonial Borderlines? Chapter 9: Multi-Sector Cooperation in Preventing Crime: The Case of South African Neighborhood Watch As an Effective Crime Prevention Model. Section III: ASSISTING SPECIAL POPULATIONS, WOMEN AND CRIME VICTIMS. Chapter 10: Human Trafficking: A Global Examination of Sexual Exploitation, Corruption, and Future Implications. Chapter 11: Building Community Resilience: Strategic Role of Police with Bombing Victims. Chapter 12: Women in Criminal Justice: Reality or Myth. Chapter 13: Strategies in Prevention of Crime against Women in India-with Special Reference Telangana State. Chapter 14: The Assessment of Capable Guardianship Measures against Bullying Victimization in the School Environment. Section IV: PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES FOR POLICE OFFICER SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFECTIVENESS, PROFESSIONALISM AND RETENTION. Chapter 15: An Analysis of the Effects of On-Body Officer Camera Systems. Chapter 16: Information Sharing in the Investigative Units of Local Law Enforcement Agencies: Which Unit Shares Information and Why? Chapter 17: Retention Factors in Relation to Organizational Commitment: Empirical Evidence from Ghana Police Service. Chapter 18: Safety Management and Performance-Based Management -- An Excellent Match. IPES Story. Index.
