Community Policing in Europe

Changes in Social Control & Two Decennia of Community Oriented Policing and Local Governance of Crime

Tom Van den Broeck, from the University of Ghent, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Crime and Society,” under the title “Changes in Social Control & Two Decennia of Community Oriented Policing and Local Governance of Crime”. Here is the abstract: The past 20 to 30 years have witnessed a myriad of experiments and reforms fostering more citizen input driven policing and which internationally became known under the common denominator of community policing. Much has been written about the positive or negative outcomes of each of these innovations. However, less attention has been paid to explaining why this policy shift in policing occurred and, moreover, why it did both within the police and through other agencies? What overarching concepts can elucidate why especially community oriented initiatives were developed in both police and non-police organisations? To what extent such policy shifts and their outcomes can be related to the development of late modernity. This paper discusses these questions from a perspective of changes in the exercise of social control and the impact of late modernity hereupon. The primary focus will be on the case of Belgium.

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• “Changes in Social Control & Two Decennia of Community Oriented Policing and Local Governance of Crime”, by Tom Van den Broeck (Proceedings)