The relationship between police and the communities and citizens
they serve has long been a topic of study and controversy. Sung
provides a place-oriented theory of policing to guide strategies
for crime control and problem-oriented policing. He contends that
community policing is a product of power relations among
communities. Sung also explores:
how police and citizens interact with each other in stratified
and residentially segregated communities
how services are delivered by police
how citizens respond to those charged with protecting them and
enforcing the law
Illuminating the police-neighborhood and advancing a clear
hypothesis for explaining and predicting changes in police
behavior, this both provides a conceptual platform for public
policy debate, planning, and evaluation of police, public safety,
and democratic governance.
According to Sung, place has everything to do with the success
of community policing, and the attitudes of both police and
citizens contribute to the success or failure of police initiatives
as well as the level of crime inherent in a community. By focusing
on the social and political forces that shape the residential
patterns of American cities and the organization of police work,
Sung provides a theoretical framework for considering the relations
between police and citizens in different neighborhoods. He
concludes that current modes of police-community relations and
crime prevention will improve only if the policies adopted
encourage the transformation of marginal communities into
communities where citizens feel a shared responsibility for
maintaining and peace and order. This unique contribution to a
growing field of study provides an ecological theory of
police-citizen relations that begins with the inequality and
segregation inherent in many American cities.
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