Description
Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book examines the various ideals, outcomes and effects that citizen participation has been held to stimulate and how these have been transformed, renegotiated and reinvigorated over time.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Citizenship Participation and Democracy 3. Positioning the Citizen Within Contemporary Policing 4. Consultation 5. Community Policing 6. Neighbourhood Watch 7. Citizen Patrols 8. Volunteering in the Police Service 9. Indirect Democracy – Elections 10. Conclusion



