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Effects of Contingent Factors on Community Policing Activities: A Critical Analysis of Adopting a Certain Policing Model

Duman, Ali
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1185550613

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2007, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Political Science.
In parallel with the apparent ineffectiveness of the police agencies against rising crime rates, community policing emerged as an alternative to traditional policing starting in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Popularity of community policing spread nationwide when President Clinton signed the "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994" on September 13, 1994. Community policing has not only attracted the police departments but also has drawn the attention of scholars and main body of existing literature has generally focused on the effect of community policing on its dependents such as police officers, police departments, and communities. This approach is one-sided and fails to reflect the other side of the coin. Can community policing be dependent upon other factors? Is there any variation across police agencies nationwide in their implementation of community policing? If any, what are the determinants of this variance? Using contingency theory which assumes that philosophy and structure of an organization are influenced by a variety of internal and external dynamics, it is mainly hypothesized that community policing is contingent upon a set of individual, departmental, and societal factors. Overall, the findings of analyses suggest that internal contingencies (both individual and structural) play a relatively more significant role than external contingencies (societal and environmental) in police departments’ decisions with implementing community policing strategies.
Nawal Ammar (Advisor)
POLICING; COMMUNITY POLICING; Police; COMMUNITY; Crime; POLICING ACTIVITIES; COMMUNITY POLICING ACTIVITIES

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  • Duman, A. (2007). Effects of Contingent Factors on Community Policing Activities: A Critical Analysis of Adopting a Certain Policing Model [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1185550613

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Duman, Ali. Effects of Contingent Factors on Community Policing Activities: A Critical Analysis of Adopting a Certain Policing Model. 2007. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1185550613.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Duman, Ali. "Effects of Contingent Factors on Community Policing Activities: A Critical Analysis of Adopting a Certain Policing Model." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1185550613

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